Benefits fraud comes in several forms, including fraudulent claims for health services and disability fraud targeting both employer-sponsored disability insurance and workers’ compensation benefits.
March is Fraud Prevention Month and over the past few weeks, several associations and companies have been working to get the message of fraud prevention out to the general public.
There are no lack of anecdotes from people who have had close encounters with someone who has crossed the line and defrauded an insurance organization. One actuary’s story spoke of a neighbour, whose garage was broken into and the lawn mower was stolen—but, he was glad to get a new set of golf clubs from […]