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Insurance Research Council
Fraud and Buildup Add 13 to 18 Percent in Excess Payments to Auto Injury Claims
December 13th, 2008
A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) estimates that claim fraud and buildup added between $4.8 billion and $6.8 billion in excess payments to auto injury insurance claims closed with payment in 2007. The excess payments amount to between 13 percent and 18 percent of total payments under the five main private passenger auto injury coverages. Excess payments have increased from 2002, when they were estimated at between $4.3 billion and $5.8 billion, or between 11 and 15 percent of total payments. The percentage of claims that appeared to involved fraud, defined as specific material misrepresentation of the facts of a loss, increased from 9 percent of bodily...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-12-13)
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