Insurance fraud claims leap 40%

THERE has been a 40% hike in fraud claims reported during the first week of the Irish Insurance Federation’s (IIF) anti-fraud campaign.

Insurance Confidential, the telephone hotline run by IIF, has received 3,610 calls since it was established five years ago.

Some of the fraudulent cases exposed in recent months included exaggerated injuries, policyholders holding multiple policies, insuring the same items and staged burglaries.