Articles, tagged with "fraudulent claims", page 3

The Cost Burden of Questionable Lawsuits May Necessarily Restrict the Judiciary's Capacity

The most difficult part of this question lies in whether or not any form of legislature would be capable of dealing with fraudulent silica-related lawsuits. The solution to the problem might come from a freshman member of the House, who has called on his ... Read >
Author: chamorro

Personal Injury Claims Rise Despite Fall In Accident Numbers

A report from the Association of British Insurers has found that whilst the number of fatalities and serious injuries arising out of accidents has fallen significantly, the number and value of personal injury claims has increased sharply from £8.8 billion... Read >
Author: wheresthatpenguin

Overbilling: A Leading Cause of Healthcare Fraud

Overbilling is one of the most common types of healthcare fraud. It typically occurs when a physician or a billing office submits a claim for services never provided or gives a diagnosis that is more serious than the original diagnosis in order to gain gr... Read >
Author: Linda Vincent

Bogus insurance claims are driving up the cost of premiums for everyone

Bogus car and home insurance applications from deceitful people has seen the value of detected insurance fraud increase to a record £840 million in the UK during 2009. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) released figures that showed 122,000 fraud... Read >
Author: Rochelle

How analytics helped an auto insurer detect fraud

Some months ago, a New York City court convicted 13 people including six medical professionals who had, over several years, milked auto insurance companies of millions in fraudulent claims. How did they do it - by staging ‘fake' accidents in rental ... Read >
Author: WNSGlobalServices

Catching Fraudsters In The Act

Home insurance can be a vital service for anyone who has suffered a break-in or other damages to their property, allowing them to get back on their feet by providing cover against damage and loss to their building and contents. However, like any system ... Read >
Author: Janine Barclay

KyuShinDo is not a Martial Art

Kyu-Shin-Do is not a Martial Art By Henry Ellis 6th Dan International Birankai (Aikikai Hombu) I became involved initially in Judo in 1956 and Aikido in 1957 as a direct student of the legendary Budo Master Kenshiro Abbe Sensei 1915 ~ 1985. ... Read >
Author: Henry Ellis

Inmates Cashing In On Home Buyer’s Tax Credits

While the past year saw many potential home buyers struggling to find homes quickly enough to take advantage of the home buyer's tax credit that was put in place last year, apparently not all of the people who attained these tax credits should actually... Read >
Author: Gary Ashton

What Is A Bankruptcy Trustee?

When a client and their attorney file for bankruptcy it is not automatically presumed that everything listed on the petition is the exact truth. Attorneys generally will not file any claims knowing they are not accurate, but then again, the attorney is re... Read >
Author: Frankie Zimmerman

The number of bogus insurance claims being investigated has doubled

Fraudulent claims that have been investigated by the insurance industry more than doubled in 2009, with the first quarter of 2010 already showing a new rise in the number of cases being probed. There have been 165 new cases already exposed up to the e... Read >
Author: Rochelle

Giving false information is leading to motorists having claims declined

Over the last 12 months, there has been a steady rise in the number of drivers having their insurance claims refused because they have offered the wrong information to their insurer when purchasing a policy. Bogus claims have become a real problem for... Read >
Author: Rochelle

Rollaway Durable Medical Equipment Supplier Gets 9-Year Sentence

Hard line power wheelchair marketing tactics part of a Medicare fraud scheme. A fugitive owner of a Los Angeles-based durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced to nine years in prison following a more than $1 million power wheelchair fraud c... Read >
Author: Michele

Dealing With A Minnesota Disability Benefits Denial

One thing you must be prepared for when you begin to apply for Minnesota disability benefits is to be rejected initially. It is the sad state of affairs having to with fraudulent claims that leads to most requests being denied initially to weed out the se... Read >
Author: charli

Claiming From Your Short-Term Insurer

So the unthinkable has happened and you need to claim from your insurance company. This is often a nerve-wracking time for everyone. If you have not read your insurance policy for a while, you may be unsure of what excess you will need to pay. You may als... Read >
Author: Stuart Broad

What is a 4506-T Used For?

In the good old days of the housing boom, many lenders simply took a mortgage applicant's word concerning annual earnings. After the economy turned south it as discovered that many of the defaulting borrowers had grossly overestimated their salaries to qu... Read >
Author: Robert Bell

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