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Insurance fraud adds to mobile theft figures
News The recent surge in mobile phone theft is partly caused by fraudulent insurance claims, according to latest research from the mobile industry. The Mobile Phone Industry Crime Action Forum (MPICAF) claimed this weekend that at least 20 percent of...
[May 7, 2002, 18:39]
Get the Fraud out! Learn what you can do to reduce soaring claim costs.
White Papers Insurance Webinar Replay: Get the fraud out! Insurance fraud can be committed by policyholders, third-party claimants, service providers and employees, costing insurance companies billions of dollars a year.
[November 20, 2008, 10:37]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Finance and insurance company HBOS has announced it's going to be fitting lie detectors to its phones, in order to help detect fraud. Doubtless some of those planning fraud will be deterred from phoning up, which is of course a good thing...
[August 15, 2003, 16:50]
Home Office publishes data-sharing guidance
News For example, insurance companies need to investigate fraud, all well and good, but insurance covers accident insurance, which means they need to view medical records. The code, entitled Data Sharing for the Prevention of Fraud, is designed to give...
[October 9, 2008, 17:18]
Two men brought in by police in eBay fraud schemes
News Federal authorities have arrested one Southern California man and indicted another in connection with two separate fraud schemes on eBay. George Arthur Cruz of Artesia, California, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with 13 counts of mail...
[December 27, 2000, 11:34]
Darling blames officials for data loss
News This investigation is still taking place, but so far has uncovered no evidence of any fraud or misuse of the data. He added that if anyone becomes the victim of fraud due to the data loss they will be protected by the Banking Code and will not...
[November 21, 2007, 7:16]
ID theft: The next IT industry boom?
News As e-business grows, online fraud will evolve from stealing credit card numbers to corporate identity theft, having profound implications on companies' bottom lines and employee behaviour, according to IBM's Stacy Cannady.
[June 13, 2002, 8:52]
Combating Fraud and Improving Claims Processes in SMB Insurance
White Papers This executive kit contains articles related to claims management, insurance fraud and case studies to help you better understand the threats facing your insurance company and innovative ways to solve these challenges.
[November 20, 2008, 10:37]
Highmark Makes Healthcare-Fraud Prevention Top Priority With SAS
White Papers Health insurance fraud exacts a cruel toll on society, undercutting the quality of care and straining patients' wallets. Government Accountability Office estimates that of the $1.7 trillion Americans spend on healthcare each year, between 3 and 10...
[December 27, 2006, 0:00]
Biscom Delivery Server and HIPAA Compliance
White Papers The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, was enacted by the US Congress in 1996 to enable better access to health insurance, reduce fraud and abuse, and lower the overall cost of...
[May 15, 2008, 1:01]
IBM Forward View Web Show: Good Fraudulent Claims Policy
White Papers This Forward View web show from IBM explains the high stakes of insurance fraud and provides technological solutions to preventing and dealing with these issues. It's imperative that insurance companies work proactively to minimize the cost...
[November 20, 2008, 10:37]
Manual and Automated Regression Pack Developed for a BPM Provider to the Insurance Market
White Papers The company provides business-process management for the insurance industry and its products protect insurers from underwriting risks, claims fraud, compliance exposures and escalating expenses and premiums.
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Automated Regression Pack for Insurance Quote System
White Papers Their customers' products protect insurers from underwriting risks, claims fraud, compliance exposures, escalating expenses and premiums, and unfavorable ratios. The company provides business-process management for the insurance industry.
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Data Mining in the Insurance Industry: Solving Business Problems Using SAS Enterprise Miner Software
White Papers For example, by applying data mining techniques, companies can fully exploit data about customers' buying patterns and behavior - as well as gaining a greater understanding of their business to help reduce fraud, improve underwriting and enhance...
[September 2, 2009, 1:22]
Business Intelligence and Insurance: Application of Business Intelligence Tools Like Datawarehousing, OLAP, and Data Mining in Insurance
White Papers BI forms the most critical component of claims management, helping in fraud detection and claims estimation. This paper explains the application of business intelligence tools like dataware housing, OLAP, and data mining in insurance.
[September 25, 2009, 2:28]
Bank scam may originate from Russia
Talkback I think that the time has come to make sure that one is protected against on-line fraud via insurance or good terms and conditionds on credit cards. This action of course was not at risk.only when I inspected the URL's did d the fraud come to...
[October 28, 2003, 16:55]
Ministers blamed over £30m ID fraud
News The latest fraud involving innocent staff at the DWP only came to light during compliance checks by HMRC, and MPs have been told the tax credit Web site has been hit by over £30m of fraudulent claims.
[December 6, 2005, 7:55]
IBM expands database software
News For example, an insurance company can use both tools to find fraud in insurance claims. IBM will soon offer new database software with improved analysis tools that allow companies to examine business information and seek out patterns and trends.
[November 28, 2001, 11:01]
Compliance - 2b Forensic readiness planning, really, you need to do this.
Blog As the size of data storage grows and the pervasiveness of the digital world increases it becomes increasingly likely that everything from insurance claims to employee fraud demand an awareness of digital forensics.
[December 14, 2008, 19:14]
eBay bans links to other sites
News In such situations, eBay must tell the buyer that because the sale was not completed on the site, the customer was unprotected by eBay's buyer-insurance program or other fraud protection services. The practice of off-site selling has led to...
[May 14, 2001, 9:39]
