The judge presiding over the Boys Scout of America bankruptcy is weighing a request by insurance companies for permission to serve document requests on 1,400 people who have filed sexual abuse claims and to question scores of them under oath in an effort to determine whether there is widespread fraud in the claims process.

When it comes to insurance fraud, everyone is affected. Whether it is through higher premiums for customers; delayed handling of legitimate claims; delayed access to customer service or claims personnel (because fraudulent claimants often push for quick payments through multiple calls, texts, or emails, taking time away from legitimate claimants); costs to investigate fraudulent claims; and sometimes, injuries or death to others, we are all affected by these fraudulent claims for money.

Insurers tend to forget that the promises made by an insurance policy are essentially kept by the professional claims person. A professional claims staff is a cost-effective method to avoid litigation.

Insurance fraud isn’t the most splashy form of crime and it rarely dominates the news cycle. But it does impact your wallet every day.

Six people – five from Indiana and one from Michigan – have been sentenced for their roles in a fraud scheme that defrauded both a bank and an insurance company.

A former ICBC insurance adjuster who defrauded the Crown corporation of over $420,000 to pay for a gambling addiction has been sentenced to two years in jail.

Conducting a potential fraud investigation of a company’s own insured is a sensitive task. It can be further complicated by not taking into account an insured’s cultural background, which in some cases can make conduct look suspicious even when it’s not. On the other hand, cultural practices may also provide clues about actual improper conduct.

At least a dozen people in New Rochelle and the Bronx were indicted Wednesday in a cunning car fraud scheme to collect insurance by strategically smashing vehicles and submitting big-buck bills while scrimping on the actual repairs, prosecutors said.

It can happen to anyone: Someone knocks on your door and says they’re a repairman or an insurance expert and can fix damage to your home at no cost to you. They might say they can get you a new roof. Or a new kitchen.

Your insurance company will get the bill, they’ll say, and you won’t be out a penny.

Watch out. You’re about to be sucked into a thriving insurance scam that’s enriching a handful of law firms, threatening the financial stability of Florida’s home insurance industry and driving up annual premiums for millions of homeowners who have never filed a claim.

A newly filed complaint against one of the state’s most notorious insurance attorneys lays out the alleged scheme.

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An attorney in New Iberia, LA running for District Court Judge for Division ‘H’ in the 16th Judicial District is under investigation for her alleged role in an auto insurance fraud scheme.

Dozens of staged accidents. Scores of hustlers. Millions of dollars paid to settle fraudulent lawsuits with fake injury claims.

As microbes march across America, the parallel pathogen of insurance crime also continues prowling for victims. Look no farther than the newest avatars of avarice, the Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame.

Claims adjuster Agop Sarafian of La Crescenta, and chiropractor Shahe Topjian, D.C. of Granada Hills were recently arrested on felony insurance fraud charges after allegedly conspiring to defraud Sarafian’s employer, the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund), by setting up fake workers’ compensation lien payments to receive undeserved insurance payouts of over $1.6 million.

A man from Riviera Beach is accused of insurance fraud after surveillance video tripped up his story and demand for more than $250,000.

Seventeen tobacco farmers have agreed to resolve civil allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits submitting false or fraudulent claims for payment to the government.