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Texas Class Action Lawsuit Accuses GEICO of Failing to Honor Accident Forgiveness Program

March 5, 2025March 4, 2025 Tate Ellison

A class action lawsuit has been filed against GEICO in Texas, claiming the insurance giant misrepresented its Accident Forgiveness program, resulting in significant financial hardships for some policyholders. The lawsuit, brought by Texas resident Christopher Cude on February 25, alleges that GEICO raised his auto insurance premium by over 91% following a minor, first at-fault accident involving his wife. According to court documents, Cude’s premium increased from $1,358 to $2,664 upon policy renewal, despite the fact that his policy included Accident Forgiveness, which GEICO promotes as a safeguard against rate…

How Staged Accidents Are Evolving Rapidly and How to Protect Yourself

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 Live Insurance News

Staged Car Accidents and the Growing Role of Dashcams in Fighting Fraud Staged car accidents are increasingly becoming a scourge on our roads, costing billions annually while endangering innocent drivers. These orchestrated collisions are a form of insurance fraud where scammers manipulate traffic conditions to cause crashes, aiming to pocket compensation through exaggerated injury claims or repair costs. The victims not only face financial strain but also risk severe injury. However, a new weapon is emerging in the fight against staged accidents—dashcams. These compact cameras are quietly transforming how drivers,…

Storm Chasers: The Unseen Threat Driving Your Insurance Premiums Sky-High

September 13, 2024September 12, 2024 John Bowers

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Insurance Industry Battles Surge in Roof Damage Claims and Fraudulent Practices The property and casualty insurance sector faces unprecedented challenges as the frequency and cost of roof damage claims soar, largely attributed to increasingly severe and unpredictable weather patterns. This situation is intensified by fraudulent activities perpetrated by unscrupulous contractors, colloquially known as “storm chasers,” who exploit the system and contribute to escalating insurance premiums for policyholders. Rising Claims Amid Severe Weather In recent years, natural disasters such as hailstorms, hurricanes, and intense winter weather have become more frequent, causing…

6 Technology Trends That are Helping Insurance Companies Ensure Better Customer Service

June 26, 2023 Marc

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Did you know that the United States is the largest insurance market in the world? With total premiums worth $2.8 trillion in 2021, the US dominates the global insurance market as per a report published by Statista. Trailing the US in this ranking are the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France, South Korea, and so on. However, the gap between the US and the others on this list is mammoth, where America dominates over 50 percent of the global insurance market share. Despite its dominance in the global market, US insurance…

Enservio Enhances Flagship Claim Management Solution with Real-time Fraud Detection

November 19, 2015 PR Article

Claims adjusters working on the job have something unique they can add to their toolkit: A way to root out potential fraud as it happens. Enservio, Inc. today introduced a new option for its flagship ContentsExpress™ contents management solution that equips claims professionals with a fraud detection capability that identifies and scores fraudulent claim items while claim items are being recorded and processed. ContentsExpress, with this new fraud detection option, targets soft or opportunistic fraud for home contents claims relating exclusively to theft. The fraud detection technology is based on…

Enservio rolls out ContentsAnalyzer Fraud Detection Solution for Insurers

September 14, 2015 PR Article

First fraud detection system that scores at the claim-line level during claims processing NEEDHAM, Mass. – September 14, 2015 – Enservio, Inc. today introduced ContentsAnalyzer™, the industry’s first and only fraud detection solution that identifies and scores fraudulent claim items at the individual line item level in real-time as claims are processed. Available as a monthly service subscription, ContentsAnalyzer targets soft or opportunistic fraud for home contents claims relating exclusively to theft. The anti-fraud tool will eventually support modules to detect fraudulent insurance claims as it pertains to other…

Finding the Golden Needle – What Big Data means to Insurers?

September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 Rose Stuart

Insurance Technology Article: The phrase Big Data seems to have taken the technology world by storm this year. A year ago, many insurance company’s IT Directors, even CIOs were not aware of Hadoop; now it is becoming an industry standard at many carriers. But in reality big data is not new to the insurance industry. It continues a trend that probably started back in the 1970’s with the invention of policy administration solutions and other IT systems. What has changed in recent years is the velocity of data flow, the…