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IFIG: CLOSING IN ON THE CHEATS Insurance Fraud Investigators Group is a Members’ Organisation dedicated to the detection and prevention of Insurance Fraud. It is a non-profit making organisation created to tackle the growing problem of Insurance Fraud in the UK and disrupt insurance fraudsters.
Members include Insurers, Lawyers, Loss Adjusters, and Investigation Agencies all of whom are committed to preventing Insurance Fraud.
On 1st October 2008 IFIG became one of the first organisations in the UK to be acknowledged by the Government as a 'Specified Anti-Fraud Organisation' under the Serious Crime Act 2007.
Only six anti-fraud organisations have been awarded this status which allows public bodies to share intelligence with IFIG to prevent or detect fraud in general and insurance fraud in particular. On confirmation of this key development IFIG Chairman Peter Upton said :
"We are delighted to be awarded this status by the Home Office and look forward to building on our relationships with the public sector. We know fraudsters involve themselves in many aspects of criminality and we are very keen to disrupt them by working closely with other organisations.
IFIG now has over 250 company members covering the vast majority of the insurance industry and insurance fraud investigators. We already have close links with many law enforcement agencies and the additional relationships with other public bodies is a great opportunity to work together."
This website is designed to encourage anyone to report insurance fraud that has occurred or may occur within the UK. You can also find out more information about Insurance Fraud and IFIG as a counter fraud organisation.
 Abu Hamza sons admit £1m car scam Three sons of jailed cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri have admitted exploiting a loophole in the vehicle registration system to commit a £1m luxury car scam BBC News Channel 27/5/2009 | | £500 AND HE'LL STAGE FAKE CAR CRASH FOR YOU Scandal of smash-for-cash rogues
Daniel Jones
A grinning rogue offers to stage car crashes and then con insurance companies into paying up
People.co.uk 24/5/2009 | Evil on the A666 as crash-for-cash cheats put lives at risk Insurers are calling for more police forces to get involved in the fight against fraudulent motor accidents. Although these often involve innocent drivers, they are staged by criminals who then submit fake insurance claims of up to £50,000 a time.
Mail online 23/5/2009 | | Crash for cash pair sentenced Two men who were part of a gang which put in hundreds of bogus car accident claims worth almost three million pounds have been sentenced . Post online 19/3/2009 | |
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