insurance fraud

Do Insurance Companies Share Claims History?

By JMcHood July 9, 2019

Are you looking for cheaper insurance? If your claims rose recently and you wonder if another company can give you better rates, you should know that your claims follow you. If you want to change ...

Florida Investigates Use of Credit History to Deny Claims

By gmg November 9, 2012

Florida consumer advocate Robin Westcott has called for an investigation into the practice of insurers using homeowner's previous credit history to retroactively cancel policies and deny claims, even ...

Dumb Insurance Fraud Cases

By gmg March 21, 2011

Okay, we know that insurance fraud - whether it's related to health insurance, auto insurance, or both, is a serious subject, and is costing many people a lot of money in increased premiums, but ...

Cyber Crime on the Rise

By gmg November 16, 2010

If you think the concept of cyber-insurance is just a scam, consider this: last Tuesday (November 9th), the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) logged its two millionth complaint of online criminal ...

In Brief: USAA Clients Targeted by Internet Scammers

By gmg November 8, 2010

While internet scams abound, the latest involves USAA, an insurance and banking company that caters to military personnel. The company is currently investigating an email scam that attempts to ...

Insurance Brief: Arkansas Man Sentenced for Defrauding FEMA

By gmg September 7, 2010

A resident of Fort Smith, Arkansas has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to FEMA in order to receive disaster aid meant for Hurricane Katrina victims, the Insurance Journal reports. ...

Insurance Company Overviews

State Farm is an insurance provider based out of Bloomington, Illinois. From its beginnings in auto insurance, it has become a conglomerate of companies that provide both insurance and financial services.
Government Employees Insurance Company, better known as GEICO, is the second largest auto insurer in the United States. It provides coverage “for more than 24 million motor vehicles owned by more than 15 million policyholders” in all states.
Allstate Corporation is America’s largest publicly held personal lines property and casualty insurer. The company also maintains personal lines operations in Canada and India.
Progressive Corporation is well-known for insuring a wide range of vehicles. Headquartered in Ohio, the company insures cars, motorcycles, boats, RVs and commercial vehicles.