Podcasts about coalition against insurance fraud

In the immediate aftermath of the mammoth fires in Los Angeles, Ralph welcomes Douglas Heller, Director of Insurance at Consumer Federation of America to fill us in on what to expect from the industry and how to get the most out of your fire insurance claims. Then, our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, returns to present a list of constitutional crises to expect upon the second coming of Donald Trump.Douglas Heller is a nationally-recognized insurance expert and Director of Insurance at Consumer Federation of America. In addition to conducting research for and providing expertise to consumer rights organizations, Mr. Heller is a member of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance, an appointee of California's Insurance Commissioner, serving as a board member of the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, and he serves on the Executive Board of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.A key thing for everybody to know is that the premiums that we have paid over the last several years here in California—and this really goes across the country, but in California in particular—have put the insurance industry in a perfectly healthy position to deal with the claims, as dramatic and as severe as these fires are and the amount of damage that they caused…For the insurance companies to cry poverty in the wake of the buildup of capital over the last several years would be outrageous, and so we're going to be watching for that.Douglas HellerThe story around the country was that California was already a terrible hellscape for the insurance companies to do business in. When in fact, they were doing far better than the rest of the country. One of the big trade journals that reports on the industry has said that State Farm has been kept afloat by its performance in California over the last couple of years. And it was more a kind of a climate opportunism—after ignoring the potential (and then, growing) impact of climate change on property risk for years and decades, the insurance companies finally had this kind of revelation that oh they can talk about climate change as a new risk and a justification for demanding whatever they want.Douglas HellerBattle lines seem to be drawn—at least in my opinion—between the “Drill baby, drill. All we need to do is rake the leaves” camp versus “Hey, this is another wake up call to the climate crisis.” Because this was a severe weather event. And there were four major fires at once, and no fire department, whose main daily job is medical emergencies, is equipped to deal with that. Especially since the first two days the winds were so high—hurricane force winds—they couldn't get helicopters and airplanes into the air to make the drops in these canyons. And I don't think there's any amount of brush clearing that would have stopped these winds from whipping up these embers to send them into these residential districts.Steve SkrovanBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.The Trump regime has a high probability of being the most lawless dictatorial regime in American history. All presidents violate laws, but Trump has taken this to a new, boastful level of variety.Ralph NaderThe reason why it's more likely that Trump will use this dragnet in a more abusive ways, is because he and his FBI nominee have said openly that they're going to do everything they can to persecute, to go after their enemies list…The only limitation on abuse is that they don't have the manpower to actually use it all.Bruce FeinWe're the guardrails—not Congress anymore. It's the people who have to stand up and protest and not send scoundrels back to office if they're not discharging their obligations under the United States Constitution. If we aren't the guardrails, there aren't any out there.Bruce FeinNews 1/15/251. In Gaza, CNN reports a ceasefire deal has finally been reached. This comes on the heels of negotiations between the warring parties, attended by envoys of both President Biden and incoming President Trump, with Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Under the terms of this deal, Hamas has agreed to free the remaining 33 Israeli hostages in their custody, while Israel will “free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.” Trump's apparent demand for an immediate settlement with this many Israeli concessions comes as a shock. Israeli journalist Erel Segal, widely seen as a Netanyahu proxy, is quoted saying “We're the 1st to pay a price for Trump's election. [The deal] is being forced upon us… We thought we'd take control of northern Gaza, that they'd let us impede humanitarian aid.”2. In more foreign policy news, the American Prospect is out with a piece on the gifts received by senior foreign policy officials in the Biden Administration. According to this report, Bill Burns – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency – has in the past year received “an $18,000 astrograph, an $11,000 Omega watch, and a ceremonial Saudi war sword.” By comparison, Secretary of State Antony Blinken received $600 worth of memorabilia and “several acrylic landscape portraits.” As this piece notes, individuals cannot keep these gifts – they become public property – yet the disparity in these gifts does reflect the difference in perception toward Blinken and Burns. As one State Department official put it, “When you want someone to drink champagne, you send Blinken. When you need someone to actually fix s**t in Brazil, the Middle East, or Russia, you send Burns.”3. And in the final days of his administration, AP's Matt Lee reports President Biden will reverse Trump's decision to designate Cuba a state sponsor of terror. The state sponsor of terror designation resulted in Cuba facing even harsher sanctions than they had during the decades-long embargo and led to multiple critical shortages of essential goods like fuel. Since the designation was announced in 2021, many have called for it to be reversed, including New York State Senators and representatives in New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota, as well as local representatives and labor unions like the UAW, UE, and others, per People's Dispatch. It is unclear why Biden is taking this action now and Trump can reverse this move as soon as he takes office.4. Turning to labor, NBC reports the Services Employees International Union (SEIU) will rejoin the AFL-CIO, 20 years after leaving the labor federation. With SEIU back in the fold, the AFL-CIO will represent over 15 million workers. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is quoted saying “We are the, probably, only institution in the country that has an infrastructure in every city, in every state, in every workplace, that is a mobilizing machine…And as they say, outside power builds inside power.” This move is widely seen as an attempt to consolidate worker power ahead of Trump's return to office, though the unions have resisted saying so explicitly. The Teamsters left the AFL-CIO around the same time as the SEIU, but have made no moves to rejoin the labor federation and have instead opted to strategically align themselves with Trump. It remains to be seen which strategy will yield better results.5. In more labor news, Fast Company reports servers at Waffle House franchises around the country claim “the chain forces them to do janitorial work and dishwashing for [sub-minimum] tipped wages, robbing them of up to $46.8 million.” As this piece notes, “Wage theft…is a common practice. As of 2017…workers lose $15 billion annually in minimum wage violations alone.” Moreover, “From 2021 to 2024, the Department of Labor recovered more than $1 billion in back wages and damages for 615,000 employees in the U.S.” Waffle House is a particularly egregious offender, with 90% of workers surveyed reporting they had experienced some form of wage theft in the past year. The state minimum wage in Georgia, where Waffle House is based, is a meager $5.15 per hour, yet the tipped minimum is even lower at just $2.13 – a starvation wage. One worker, Melissa Steach, is quoted saying “Corporations can't keep throwing us around because we make all this money for them…And what are they really doing with it? They are not supporting their workers. They can't keep screwing us around. We're here. We're worth it.”6. On the other end of the spectrum, Apple CEO Tim Cook's staggering compensation package hit nearly $75 million in 2024, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Converted to an hourly wage, this equates to roughly $600 per minute. This is a substantial increase from his 2023 total of $63.2 million, but still lower than the nearly $100 million he received in 2022. In October, Apple reported its services business, including Apple Music and iCloud, hit a revenue of $24.97 billion for the quarter, a “new all-time high for the company.”7. In more tech news, the Intercept reports Meta – parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – is relaxing their content moderation rules as they relate to hate speech. The Intercept received leaked training materials to this effect, which explicitly outline what users are now allowed to say. These officially permitted statements include “Immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of s**t,” “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians,” and simply “I'm a proud racist.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation's international freedom of expression director Jillian York is quoted in this piece saying, “While [Meta's previous censorship regime] has often resulted in over-moderation that I and many others have criticized, these examples demonstrate that Meta's policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression.”8. In a more positive story of social progress, EuroNews reports that the Italian Bishops' Conference has issued new guidelines all but clearing the way for openly gay men to enter the priesthood. According to the newly issued report, titled "Guidelines and norms for seminaries,” "When referring to homosexual tendencies, it's… appropriate not to reduce discernment only to this aspect, but, as for every candidate, to grasp its meaning in the global framework of the young person's personality.” In 2023 Pope Francis told the AP that “being homosexual isn't a crime,” and has endorsed the church “blessing” same-sex unions. Women remain entirely excluded from the priesthood.9. On the domestic front, Axios reports Justice Democrats – the progressive insurgent group – is planning a new wave of primary challenges to unseat “corporatist” incumbent Democrats. While the group's number one target seems to be George Latimer, who ousted Congressman Jamaal Bowman from his newly redrawn seat last cycle, spokesperson Usamah Andrabi told Axios the group is, “keeping every deep blue district on the table.” However, many of the prominent House progressives are shying away from this effort. Pramila Jayapal, former chair of the Progressive Caucus said “I think given what's at stake we feel really urgently that we need to protect all incumbents,” while Ilhan Omar said "There are folks who endorse against their own colleagues, but I don't."10. Finally, Public Citizen co-presidents Rob Weissman and Lisa Gilbert have written a letter to the chairs of the Trump Transition team asking to be named members of the Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE. In this letter, Weissman and Gilbert express their “concerns about DOGE's structure and mission,” particularly with regard to its proposed leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who “hold financial interests that will be directly affected by federal budgetary policies,” but also makes the key argument that DOGE's mission to “slash excess regulation” and “cut wasteful expenditures” must be tied to the other “half of the picture: more efficiently regulating corporations to better protect consumers and the public from harmful corporate practices.” They argue that their “appointment to serve as members of DOGE” would enable them to serve as “voices for the interests of consumers and the public who are the beneficiaries of federal regulatory and spending programs.” Rather than an earnest plea for an appointment, this letter is more likely meant to expose a key issue with the DOGE project: those in charge of cutting supposed government waste are riddled with conflicts of interests. They have too many fingers in the pie. If Trump were serious about reducing government spending generally – and corruption specifically – he would appoint people like Weissman and Gilbert, not Ramaswamy and Musk. And they would start with the unbelievably bloated, unauditable Pentagon budget.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Episode 618: With the economic impact of insurance fraud registering a staggering $308.6B every year, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud conducted a new study seeking to understand consumers' psychological view of fraud, its criminality, and its impact on their lives. On today's Unscripted, NAMIC CEO Neil Alldredge talks with the research author Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope about who the report found is most likely commit insurance fraud and why.

In our 100th Episode, Matthew Smith from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud outlines a new study that examines how bad actors commit fraud and then justify their actions.  

Live from the Complex Claims & Litigation Forum in Las Vegas, Brittney Meredith-Miller is joined by Tracey Thompson, Deputy Executive Director of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud to discuss strategies for identifying and preventing fraud.

It is Time For Insurers to be Proactive Against Fraud There has been much hand wringing and wailing over the malfeasance of the corporate officers and directors of FTX Crypto Exchange, Enron, WorldCom and others. No one, however, has gone to the root causes of the situation. It should be a foremost duty of the insurance industry to do whatever it can to defeat insurance fraud and work to compel prosecutors, police officers, fraud division of fraud bureau investigators, SIU investigators, and claims handlers to work to deter or defeat insurance fraud. It is not that some corporate executives, suddenly turned to the dark side and became evil. It is not that police and prosecutors have turned to the dark side. It is, I submit, because they were all trained by the Department of Justice and local prosecutors to believe that there was almost no penalty for their crimes. White-collar crime, especially insurance fraud, has been ignored for the last three decades as a serious crime. A crime unpunished emboldens others who might never consider a life of crime to pursue wealth the easy way. Prosecution of what the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud contends is a $308 billion annual insurance fraud take, the massive crime perpetrated against insurers and government “insurance” programs like Medicare are miniscule, to the point of non-existence. Fraud is rampant and almost universally unpunished. Every year more than $100 billion is stolen from Medicare and Medicaid programs across the country while private property and casualty insurers lose a similar loss closer to $200 billion every year to insurance criminals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barry-zalma/support

ZIFL January 1, 2023 - Volume 27, Issue 1 The Source for the Insurance Fraud Professional Starting the 27th year of publication of Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter, ClaimSchool, Inc., Barry Zalma and the Zalma family wish you a happy and prosperous new year. Read the full pdf version of ZIFL at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ZIFL-01-01-2023.pdf New Florida Statutes The state of Florida proposed new statute to make insurance and insurance claims more fair is over 105 pages available at https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022A/2A/BillText/er/PDF. Lawmakers in Florida passed legislation to abolish controversial assignments of benefits on property claims. The provisions become law when signed by the Governor, which is expected as early as today. For those wishing more information on the new law, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud law firm member Greenberg Traurig has provided a detailed summary. Read the full pdf version of ZIFL at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ZIFL-01-01-2023.pdf Report From the California Department of Insurance About New Law Relating to Fraud Read the full pdf version of ZIFL at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ZIFL-01-01-2023.pdf Scot Strems Disbarred & Public Adjuster Facing Loss of License Florida Lawyer Who Used Cappers & Runners to Build a Practice Failed to Serve the Clients The Supreme Court of Florida on December 22, 2022, disbarred attorney Scott Strems who it found guilty of professional misconduct. You can read the full opinion here. The court's reasoning included: Strems was the sole partner and owner of the Strems Law Firm, P.A. Read the full pdf version of ZIFL at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ZIFL-01-01-2023.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barry-zalma/support

Insurers Must be Proactive Against Insurance Fraud Insurers Must Stop the Logarithmic Growth of Insurance Fraud Fraud is taking more money every year from the insurance buying public. The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud recently revised its estimates from $80 billion a year to announce that insurance fraud takes over $308 billion a year from the insurance industry. The US Department of Justice working with various federal police agencies have taken an active role to investigate, prosecute and convict those who defraud U.S. health programs and federally funded insurance like flood insurance and crop insurance. Yet, the arrests and prosecutions that happen are only creating a small dent in the amount of money stolen from private and federally funded insurance. Insurers have good reason to complain. They are universally ignored by police agencies when they report the crime. When insurance criminals are caught in the act they are seldom arrested, even less often prosecuted and almost never punished. Insurance is the Only Crime Where The Victim Is Required To Pay For Investigation & Prosecution of the Criminal Or No Investigation Will Be Done Similar businesses in the financial sector, who are also regular victims of fraud and other crimes are not taxed or compelled to investigate crimes committed against them. No one demands that the Bank of America or Wells Fargo or Chase pay for prosecuting embezzlers or bank robbers. No one demands that Southland Corporation pay for prosecuting people who hold up 7-11 stores. No Regulator requires stockbrokers to investigate money laundering or fraudulent transactions. The imposition upon the insurance industry – and the attendant cost passed to the insurance consumer – is unique. Insurers are treated differently than all other businesses in the United States. George Orwell was right when, to paraphrase, he had a character in his novel “Animal Farm” say that “all businesses are equal, some are more equal than others.” Clearly, insurers are less equal with regard to crimes perpetrated against them than are other businesses. Insurance fraud prosecutions and investigations are anemic. What Can Insurance People Do to Change The Statistics? Work within the system we have: --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barry-zalma/support

Episode 513: A new national estimate of insurance fraud losses shows an amazing $308.6 billion stolen every year, according to data from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.  On Today's Unscripted, the Coalition's Executive Director Matthew Smith discusses steps insurance companies can take to lessen their vulnerability to fraud.

Live from the America's Claims Executive Leadership Forum & Expo, host Patti Harman is joined by Matthew Smith, executive director of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.  Smith walks insurance executives through the frauds that emerged during the pandemic.

A Video Explaining How to Discover and Defeat Insurance Fraud https://zalma.com/blog Next to tax fraud, insurance fraud is the most practiced crime in the world. It is perpetrated by members of every race, religion, sexual orientation, and nationality. Insurance fraud is perpetrated by members of every profession. The temptation to commit insurance fraud is great because prosecutions are rare, convictions are rarer and the convicted serve little or no time in prison. The possibility of a tax-free profit, coupled with the commonly held belief that it is not a crime or morally wrong to steal from an insurer is often too difficult for normally honest people to resist. In September 2019 the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, after reporting on the conviction of an insurance fraud perpetrator who was sentenced to probation only, asked: “What's wrong with courts that won't send frauds to jail for a felony?” The answer is a failure to educate the judiciary that insurance fraud is a serious crime against the public – not just what they consider a rich and less than honorable industry. The education effort must explain to the public and the judiciary that each year, the effect of insurance fraud runs to billions of dollars. It is estimated that insurance fraud takes between 3% and 30% of the premiums collected by insurers doing business in the United States. It drains from $80 billion to $300 billion from the assets of insurers and similar amounts from government supported “insurance” programs like the National Flood Insurance Program, crop insurance programs, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability, and Obamacare. Insurance fraud is not limited to the US. It happens in every country where insurance exists. For example, in the United Kingdom, insurance fraud is estimated to take £1.4 billion a year. [See www.insurancefraudbureau.org/.] In Canada, insurance fraud accounted for between 10% and 15% of premiums in 2009—or an estimated $C1.3 billion, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). © 2021 – Barry Zalma Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, now limits his practice to service as an insurance consultant specializing in insurance coverage, insurance claims handling, insurance bad faith and insurance fraud almost equally for insurers and policyholders. He also serves as an arbitrator or mediator for insurance related disputes. He practiced law in California for more than 44 years as an insurance coverage and claims handling lawyer and more than 52 years in the insurance business. He is available at http://www.zalma.com and zalma@zalma.com. Mr. Zalma is the first recipient of the first annual Claims Magazine/ACE Legend Award. Over the last 53 years Barry Zalma has dedicated his life to insurance, insurance claims and the need to defeat insurance fraud. He has created the following library of books and other materials to make it possible for insurers and their claims staff to become insurance claims professionals. Go to the podcast Zalma On Insurance at https://anchor.fm/barry-zalma; Follow Mr. Zalma on Twitter at https://twitter.com/bzalma; Go to Barry Zalma videos at Rumble.com at https://rumble.com/c/c-262921; Go to Barry Zalma on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCysiZklEtxZsSF9DfC0Expg; Go to the Insurance Claims Library – https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/ Read posts from Barry Zalma at https://parler.com/profile/Zalma/posts; and the last two issues of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/ podcast now available at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zalma-on-insurance/id1509583809?uo=4 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barry-zalma/support

Jim Quiggle, the Director of Communications at the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, warns us about the dangers of telemedicine today. "Don't deal with strangers. There's a good chance you're getting recruited for a scam" he says. Find out how to stay on top of your privacy and avoid false billings here.

Jim Quiggle, Director of Communications at the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, outlines the new ways scammers are taking advantage of the COVID-19 financial crisis. He highlights new trends within insurance fraud and educates listeners on how to keep an eye out for unlikely scams.

Many people view fraud as a victimless crime or one that has little impact beyond someone’s pocketbook; if an insurance company gets scammed or a down-on-her-luck bookkeeper slips her hand in the money till they argue, the cash isn’t coming out of our pockets. Some fraudsters even use this argument as a defense, if not against conviction, then against a serious penalty.  But there are plenty of frauds committed against individuals – identify theft, romance cons, investment fraud. And the impact of any one of these can be devastating. Fortunately, there is increasing recognition of the emotional, relationship, and financial havoc that financial crimes cause victims and their families. And another thing we forensic psychologists have learned is that just because someone might not look like a criminal doesn’t mean s/he isn’t dangerous. As you’ll see in my interview with the senior communications director for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, some “white collar” criminals are just as violent and dangerous and any you’d meet in a dark alley or on the “wrong side of the tracks” – and sometimes more so.   Jim Quiggle is the Coalition’s lead communicator. He joined the Coalition staff in 2000. He oversees the Coalition’s outreach strategy and publicly positions the Coalition as one of America’s most-trusted authorities on insurance fraud.

Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter January 1, 2021 https://zalma.com/blog Read last two issues of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/ Happy New Year – 2021 Must, and will be, Better than 2020 Guilty of Insurance Fraud People who commit insurance fraud think it is a crime without punishment or concern. When they are caught, prosecuted and convicted, the perpetrator is so amazed that he or she is one of the few unlucky ones who were caught that they use their ill-gotten gains to fund unfounded and frivolous appeals. For example, in The People of The State Of New York v. Troy M. Cordell, Jr., 637 KA 13-02114, 2020 NY Slip Op 06606, Supreme Court of The State Of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (November 13, 2020) Troy M. Cordell, Jr. filed such an appeal. Cordell had been convicted by a jury of insurance fraud in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 176.15) and falsifying business records in the first degree (§ 175.10), Cordell contended that the evidence is legally insufficient to establish his intent to defraud. Famous Lawyer's Assets Frozen by Federal Court Thomas Girardi, a prominent Los Angeles attorney faced a federal judge in Chicago who froze the assets of his firm after finding that he misappropriated at least $2 million in client funds that were due to the families of those killed in the crash of a Boeing jet in Indonesia. Girardi is one of the nation's leading civil lawyers, and gained notoriety in 1993 for his role in a lawsuit against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California that went on to inspire the 2000 movie Erin Brockovich. Most-Brazen Insurance Fraudsters Elected to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud's Hall of Shame Health Insurance Fraud Convictions Videos on YouTube And Zalma On Insurance from Barry Zalma 62 Videos describing important insurance issues described by Barry Zalma and available to anyone who views or subscribes to the YouTube account. Issues include insurance fraud, definition of insurance, insurance as a contract of personal indemnity, millions for defense and not a dime for tribute and the tort of bad faith. Please subscribe. The 62 Videos are at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFg7qxC0tVgKcMUqoUfnwPw/videos bit I have had some difficulty posting new videos to my YouTube channel and have decided to post all future videos on insurance, insurance claims, insurance law, and insurance fraud to this YouTube Channel and my blog, https://zalma.com/blog. Most-Brazen Insurance Fraudsters Elected to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud's Hall of Shame Health Insurance Fraud Convictions Videos on YouTube And Zalma On Insurance from Barry Zalma 62 Videos describing important insurance issues described by Barry Zalma and available to anyone who views or subscribes to the YouTube account. Issues include insurance fraud, definition of insurance, insurance as a contract of personal indemnity, millions for defense and not a dime for tribute and the tort of bad faith. Please subscribe. The 62 Videos are at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFg7qxC0tVgKcMUqoUfnwPw/videos bit I have had some difficulty posting new videos to my YouTube channel and have decided to post all future videos on insurance, insurance claims, insurance law, and insurance fraud to this YouTube Channel and my blog, https://zalma.com/blog. Over the last 53 years Barry Zalma has dedicated his life to insurance, insurance claims and the need to defeat insurance fraud. He has created the following library of books and other materials to make it possible for insurers and their claims staff to become insurance claims professionals. https://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barry-zalma/support

Nearly 75% of respondents in a recent survey from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud and Shift Technology said they believe that among relevant technology, artificial intelligence (A.I.) will … Read More » The post EP. 3: Beneath the Surface: Why Insurers Should Look Beyond “the Tip of the A.I. Iceberg” appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.

Even honest people will commit insurance fraud if they can strongly justify it. Matthew Smith, Executive Director at the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, warns insurance companies to be aware of their behavior during COVID-19. Actions taken today could backlash on the business after the crisis. He answers to the question: what might be the long-tail impacts of COVID on insurance?

It's that spooky time of the year again: HALLOWEEN!

Jim Quiggle of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud discusses the latest trends in insurance fraud, including telemedicine and COVID-19, and talks about the Hall of Shame, which is a collection of the most notorious insurance fraudsters.

The two biggest buzz letters in insurance today are AI. In this episode Andrew Vogeney talks to Matthew Smith, Executive Director at the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Matthew explains why artificial intelligence is going to be the biggest determiner in the fight against fraud. What are the pros and cons of applying AI and how can insurers implement it safely?

Jim Quiggle, Communications Director, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, reveals the new Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame. He discusses some of the most astonishing frauds of the past year as well as the cost in money and lives.

Technology makes it easier to streamline the customer experience—but it also opens up insurers to new kinds of fraud. Matthew Smith of The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud on what should be in an insurer’s fraud detection toolkit.

Jim Quiggle of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud reveals the newest insurance scams, including fake DNA tests and the use of phone and video calls to sell unnecessary devices such as back and knee braces and wheelchairs.

Who commits insurance fraud? Matthew Smith from The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud looks at who commits fraud—and why—and what insurers can do about it.

IoT, AI and other technologies are changing how insurers detect—and prevent—fraud. Matthew Smith of The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud on the future of fraud detection.

Matthew Smith, general counsel with the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, describes the actions states are taking to prevent insurance fraud, identity theft and other consumer issues.

Jim Quiggle of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud reveals the newest members of the nonprofit’s Hall of Shame which profiles the most outrageous and deadly insurance scams of the last year.

Jim Quiggle, of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, joins us to discuss the many grisly shapes that insurance fraud takes including, astonishingly, parachute sabotage.

Jim Quiggle with the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud describes how crooks are using the new Medicare cards to defraud consumers, as well as the continuing menace of medical identity theft, which can cost lives as well as money and staged car accidents.

Jim Quiggle with the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud discusses medical identity theft and other trends in insurance fraud.

Jim Quiggle, communications director for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, provides information on insurance scams that are associated with natural disasters. A major concern is contractors who aren’t licensed or insured and who do shoddy work. He offers tips on finding the right contractor.

When you pay your home owner’s insurance, car insurance, life insurance, or health insurance, you pay extra because of fraud. In fact, insurance fraud is the second largest economic crime in the United States, costing the country over $80 billion a year. On this week’s Perspective, a look at insurance fraud, its impact and what you can do to protect yourself. Guests: Ken Selzer, Kansas Insurance Commissioner, Steven Lehwald, attorney with the Legal Division of the Kansas Insurance Department and Jim Quiggle, director of communications for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades.  The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.

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