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CCC and Verisk Form Strategic Partnership

May 9, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Initial collaboration will work to prevent auto insurance fraud. CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:CCCS) and Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) announced today a strategic partnership that will leverage the two providers’ technologies to bring new innovations to P&C insurance claims. CCC provides a cloud platform for the P&C insurance economy and Verisk is a global data […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, CCC, Insurance Fraud, Verisk

NICB President and San Diego DA Discuss Crime Trends and Efforts to Fight Insurance Fraud

March 22, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the insurance industry’s association dedicated to predicting, preventing, and prosecuting insurance crime, continues to focus on strengthening its longstanding relationship with the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to enhance investigative efforts in the county. NICB President and CEO David J. Glawe and San Diego County District Attorney Summer […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Insurance Fraud, National Insurance Crime Bureau, San Diego

Pennsylvania Collision Repair Facility Owner Charged with Submitting $426,000 in Inflated Insurance Claims

August 26, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Bucks County District Attorney office has charged the owner of the Chalfont Collision Center, located in Chalfont, Pa., who is alleged to have submitted nearly 300 false insurance claims over several years to four insurance companies, pocketing more than $426,000 in payouts.  John Paul Reis, 56, of Newtown Township, turned himself in yesterday on […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CSAA, Erie Insurance, Insurance Fraud, Lawsuits, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Nationwide Insurance, Pennsylvania

Economical Insurance Selects Shift Technology for Fraud Detection

August 13, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Shift Technology, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) decision automation and optimization solutions for the global insurance industry, announced that Economical Insurance, a property and casualty insurer in Canada, will deploy Shift Claims Fraud Detection to better spot potentially suspicious claims in its Personal and Commercial Auto and Property lines of business. Economical was looking […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Artificial Intelligence, Canada, Economical Insurance, Insurance Fraud, Shift Technology

ACD and Attestiv Collaborate to Bring AI-Photo Analysis to Auto Claims

June 28, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

AutoClaims Direct, Inc., (ACD) and Attestiv, Inc., a leading media authenticity platform announced a joint collaboration to bring photo verification and fraud detection to ACD’s CLARITY technology platform. “Fraud awareness and prevention is critical in the insurance industry and ACD is delighted to work with Attestiv to provide technology tools for our auto insurance clients. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ACD, Agreements Signed, Artificial Intelligence, Insurance Fraud

Elephant Insurance Selects Shift Technology for Fraud Detection

December 16, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Shift Technology announced Elephant Insurance selected the company to help improve fraud detection in the P&C insurer’s claims process. According to Elephant, Shift was selected because its artificial intelligence and data science expertise helps improve the detection of fraud earlier in the claims process to avoid issuing payments on fraudulent claims and provides agents with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Artificial Intelligence, Elephant Auto Insurance, Insurance Fraud, Shift Technology

Five Collision Repair Shops Charged with Operating Insurance Fraud Ring in New York State

December 10, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The District Attorney in Westchester County, New York, Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., announced the takedown of “Operation Sledgehammer”, an alleged insurance fraud enterprise operating in lower Westchester and the Bronx, following a nearly two-year long investigation. Five registered automotive repair businesses and nine defendants were charged with Enterprise Corruption for defrauding insurance companies by enhancing […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Fraud, Lawsuits, New York State

California Towing Company Owners Alleged Part of Insurance Fraud Scheme  

October 26, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Towing company owners Bandar “Charlie” Albadawi, 57, and Sleiman “Slim” Zeinaty, 59, along with their employee Shelley Blowers, 50, were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and filing false documents after allegedly altering tow records to further a client’s false insurance claim. Albadawi and Zeinaty are co-owners of All Desert Towing, a commercial […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Insurance Department, Insurance Fraud, Lawsuits

San Antonio Collision Repair Shop Owner Sentenced to Two Years in Jail for Forging Customer Signature on Claim Check

March 2, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

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The Texas Department of Insurance San Antonio body shop owner Arturo Martinez was sentenced to two years in state jail on February 27 after an investigation by the Department found he had cashed insurance claim checks without repairing his client’s car. TDI fraud prosecutor Nicole Thornbro says the car was taken to Martinez’s shop after […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Fraud, Texas, Texas Department of Insurance

California Collision Repair Shops Charged with Felony Insurance Fraud

February 24, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

California Collision Repair Shops Charged with Felony Insurance Fraud

Department of Insurance and Contra Costa District Attorney’s office undercover sting results in eight felony charges against four individuals. To crack down on automobile insurance fraud, the California Department of Insurance, Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) conducted an undercover sting operation targeting collision repair facilities across Contra […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Department of Insurance, Insurance Fraud, Lawsuits

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