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Media stories about real cases of insurance fraud.


  • AA Insurance reveals worrying trend on home burglaries
  • Attempts at insurance 'fraud' can never be lived down
  • Auckland, Christchurch and Hamilton the country's burglary hotspots
  • Britain’s biggest EVER ‘crash for cash’ scam uncovered as 150 fraudsters scammed £2m in bogus claims
  • Car Stolen Every 21 Minutes Last Year
  • COVID-19 Insurance Fraud: 5 Things You Need to Know
  • Fake insurance claim exposed by fraudster’s own blunders
  • Former police officer spared conviction for insurance fraud – report
  • How big a problem is insurance fraud?
  • Insurer offers $28k settlement over pricey jewellery claim with no proof of ownership
  • Is travel insurance an easy target?
  • Jail for fraudster who targeted Chubb
  • Lying landlady caught torching her own pub on CCTV after initially claiming dog saved her
  • NZ Court of Appeal upholds insurers' right to cancel the policies of fraudulent claimants
  • One insurance fraud committed every minute
  • Pair arrested over Sydney insurance scam
  • Revealed: worst time for burglaries, insurance losses
  • Soft Fraud and Possibilities for Prevention
  • Trio jailed over insurance scam
  • US Man Faces 20 years for Insurance fraud after crashing Bugatti Veyron
  • "Arrogant" Driver Lies to Insurer After Crash
  • "Bonfire Bec" jailed over insurance fraud
  • Elderly couple arrested over $280K CTP Scam
  • 50 Year Old Levin Woman to pay hefty bill for insurance fraud

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