According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud: “When it comes to insurance fraud, the United States is a world leader. We arguably have the most severe problem on the planet. But we also have the most sophisticated means of combatting fraud. ...

In the most recent issue of Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter I report on the following insurance fraud convictions with various, strange, punishments: Guilty Employer – Five Years, Deferred According to the Kentucky Departm ...

In the current issue of Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter I report on the following convictions for insurance fraud. Rare as they are the punishments for the same crime range wildly. Review these convictions and then do something to convince your legislat ...

Here are some reports of convictions for insurance fraud from the soon to be published Zalma''s Insurance Fraud Letter : Deputy Insurance Superintendent Sentenced to Four Years for F ...

On June 27, 2008 Richard Scruggs was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Perhaps he and a few of the others can open a federal prison bar association to discuss the error of their ways. According to the Associated Press: "U.S. District Judg ...

Anyone who has ever attempted surveillance understands how difficult it is to conduct surveillance without intruding into the right to privacy of the party being followed. A good surveillance is conducted in a manner where the person being f ...

Insurance fraud of all types continues to grow to epidemic levels. It is perpetrated by people of every race, religion, national origin, financial situation, sexual orientation, age, or physical condition. As the US economy slows and the value of the d ...

For the last 13 years Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter has argued that the insurance industry, the states, and the federal government must work together to maintain a strong anti-fraud effort.  The argument has mostly fallen on deaf ears because ins ...

When investigating a suspected insurance fraud case, investigators and lawyers look for red flags or indicators of insurance fraud. They are often contradictory and are never, standing alone, evidence of insurance fraud. They are indicators that, when ...

Bankruptcy Filings Review A Necessary Step to a Thorough Claims Investigation

Insurance fraud is seen as such a minor crime that a lawyer claimed, as a defense to a murder charge, that "it was only insurance fraud." The fight against insurance fraud will continue unabated and without success, as long as the public and ...

The 1994 Northridge, California earthquake that caused billions of dollars in damages across Southern California also drew unscrupulous lawyers and public adjusters seeking fast money. Investigation was limited and because of the catastrophe many unn ...

Although insurance fraud is the least prosecuted of major felonies, I try to give credit to those few agencies who actually arrest, try and convict insurance fraud criminals. Here are some I collected last month. As you read note the wide disparity in ...