Insurance Fraud

In October 2019 IFIG, the forum for investigators, celebrated 20 years of providing a platform to support our members who are dedicated to the prevention and detection of insurance fraud. The IFIG membership is as passionate today in its commitment to stopping fraud and sharing knowledge as it was when the founders sat together to form the idea of collaborating in this way. The future of IFIG will be about continuing to find ways to support the investigation community to gather evidence to the highest standards.

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Arnold Clark customer data ‘stolen in cyber attack’

1st February 2023

Some Arnold Clark customers have been told their personal information may have been stolen in a cyber attack.

IFIG Conference 2022

27th October 2022

SAVE THE DATE for the IFIG Conference 30 November 2022, 11.30am – 5pm, to be followed by the usual curry night. Venue will be Weightmans offices: 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9QJ Spaces will be limited so please register interest by emailing Nashi at administrator@ifig.org or calling: 07736 354934. Agenda to follow.

Bogus insurance claims spike as people turn every stone looking for cash

6th July 2022

Policyholders are getting caught out quickly as insurers become savvy to the rise in fake claims…

Duo lied about ‘drunk’ driver to fraudulently claim for minor car accident 

6th July 2022

Two men from London have been sentenced after grossly exaggerating a minor accident to claim for personal injury and vehicle damage…

Serial fraudster sentenced after forging CV and employment reference

23rd May 2022

A man who was let out of jail on licence in 2020 has been sentenced after lying about his work history and qualifications to get a job at a leading British charity.

Accountant given 11 years’ imprisonment for £1.3 million fraud

19th April 2021

An accountant who defrauded the NHS, companies, and individuals out of more than £1.3 million has been jailed recently (15 April 2021) for multiple counts of fraud and theft.

Celebrating 20 Years of IFIG

23rd September 2019

In 2019 IFIG will celebrate 20 years of supporting an investigation community comprising of almost 300 member organisations who are dedicated to the prevention and detection of insurance fraud. The IFIG membership is as passionate today in its commitment to stopping fraud as it was two decades ago and on a day-today basis actively contributes […]

CIFAS Reveals 27% Increase in Fraud

24th March 2019

Cifas members report a 27% rise in false insurance claims across the UK in the past year, with spikes in household and motor insurance

Teacher’s whiplash claim found to be fundamentally dishonest

11th March 2019

A teacher claimed she’d been almost knocked off her bike by a van, which the driver and his passenger denied

Three Men Convicted of murdering Five people in Leicester explosion

28th December 2018

Three men have been convicted of murder after deliberately starting a fire at a Leicester shop that killed five people, including a woman and her two sons, in a plot to claim a £300,000 insurance pay-out.