Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department

On Monday 2 December, four men were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court in the wake of a ‘Crash for Cash’ episode. The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) began investigating the case back in March 2017 when insurer LV Insurance raised some…

The lengths insurance cheats will go to try to con their insurer are laid bare as the Association of British Insurers (ABI) publishes its annual detected fraud figures. At 460,000, the total number of fraudulent claims and applications detected in 2018 rose by 3% on…

The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), which has now secured 239 years in custodial sentences, is celebrating its seven-year anniversary this month. Since its inception back in 2012, the IFED has convicted 433 insurance fraudsters leading to 239 years in custodial sentences,…

The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) delivered the first in a series of regional engagement workshops in July, with at least three more being planned for the coming months. The IFED is running the workshops to give insurers an added opportunity…

The Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) most comprehensive analysis yet of insurance fraud highlights that a fraud of this nature is now detected in the UK every minute. For the first time, the ABI’s annual detected fraud figures include data on application fraud, where details…

A man who claimed he had suffered an injury at a shop, but was recorded on CCTV deliberately falling to the floor and pulling boxes on top of himself was among those targeted by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) in…

Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Andrew Fyfe has been appointed as the new head of the City of London’s Police’s dedicated Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). DCI Fyfe brings with him 26 years of experience as a police officer, most recently within the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau,…

The City of London Police has appointed a new head of department for its specialist Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Oliver Little takes on the role of leading the IFED team from DCI Angie Rogers, and is now looking to build on the…

Harriett Baldwin (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) and Minister of State for Justice Lord Faulks have welcomed a series of recommendations by the Insurance Fraud Task Force (IFT) that will assist in tackling insurance fraud, reducing costs and protecting the interests of honest consumers. The final recommendations…