Tip-offs lead to surge of insurance fraud probes

THERE has been a surge in the number of cases of possible insurance fraud following tip-offs to the country’s main insurance fraud hotline.

The statistics from the Irish Insurance Federation (IIF) show an 18.5% increase in the number of cases investigated following tip-offs made via the phone line or the www.insuranceconfidential.ie website.

In all, there were 813 cases investigated regarding potentially bogus claims, up from 686 in 2009 and 308 cases in 2008.