The mild Michigan weather makes winter claims surveillance payoff for many clients. As we work into mid-January, we have had an strong demand for Michigan claims surveillance at a time that would normally be much colder and potentially less productive. Although we have had several truly cold days and several days of ice or snow … Mild Michigan Weather Makes Winter Claims Surveillance Payoff
When a government agency decides to get in the way of your investigation. Much attention has been focused on the Rowan County, KY clerk who is refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. This brings to mind an unfortunately regular occurrence that we, as licensed private investigators working on complex claims investigations and background … When a government agency decides to get in the way of your investigation
Michigan in January can be bad. Last year alone, the cold, ice and snow was so sever that everyone suffered, the economy came off the rails and life here was anything but usual for several weeks. The good news is, thus far 2015 has little to resemble 2014. With only a few days reaching below … Colder Weather Not A Factor in Michigan Casualty Claims Surveillance So Far This Year
As everyone involved in the fight against auto insurance fraud in Michigan knows, Michigan first party or PIP fraud is one of the most prevalent and costly. Beyond the false casualty claims we find a number of other types of auto insurance fraud schemes that are also rampant and very harmful. Auto Premium Evasion: No … 6 Common Auto Insurance Fraud Schemes Other Than Fake Casualty Claims
The National Insurance Crime Bureau issues a ranking of the top cities for auto theft called the Hot Spot report. In the 2013 Hot Sort report issued last month, Michigan only had one city in the top 100. Surprise: It’s Detroit coming in at 23. The next closest Michigan city is Flint which came in … Detroit is Michigan’s Only City in Top 100 for Auto Theft Claims
Last month the Louisiana Attorney General’s office charged 20 personal care attendants with insurance fraud as part of Medicare fraud scheme. As more law enforcement attention is being focused on attendant care fraud within the scope of Medicare abuse, in PIP states like Michigan, attendant care fraud and abuse is an ever present part of … Costly fraud necessitates need for increase Michigan attendant care claims surveillance
Questionable claims numbers and fraud costs expected to grow through 2016. Justin Stephani of the Insurance Networking News reports: As the industry attempts to keep up with the growth in insurance fraud and deploy more effective anti-fraud technologies, spending by U.S. P&C carriers on fraud solutions, split roughly evenly between analytics and scoring products and services, … P&C Insurance Fraud Escalates
The premium paid to the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (“MCCA”) by member insurance companies will be $175.00 per insured vehicle effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. This represents an increase of $30.00 (21%) over the current MCCA charge of $145.00. The $175.00 assessment represents $141.93 to cover claims; $32.72 to address the $2 … Cat Claims Fund Charges Up 21% For Large Michigan PIP Claims