Insurance Fraud

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After tax evasion, insurance fraud is considered the highest-ranked among white-collar crimes. After providing a brief history of the concept of insurance as a for-profit business, this paper explores the issue of insurance fraud. It discusses the three major categories of fraud in the insurance industry based on what side the perpetrator of the fraud is: claims fraud, applications fraud and fraud committed by employees in the insurance industry. The paper examines agencies that fight insurance fraud and discusses other means that society can rid itself of this type of crime.

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"Insurers classify fraud as either "hard" fraud or "soft" fraud. When an accident, injury, theft, arson or any other loss is deliberately staged either individually or as a group to collect money from insurance companies the crime is classified as a hard fraud. It has been increasingly observed in recent times that organized crime groups and regional gangs are getting involved with more large-scale and intricate methods of swindling the insurance company using hard fraud methods. Innocent bystanders or individuals who are desperate for money may get involved with these staged accidents that may endanger their life and property."

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