Tag: insurance claim

Insurance fraud detected at Colorado Springs doctor’s office

Julie Campbell
medical insurance fraud

It has been discovered that they were charging insurers for appointments that had been cancelled. A doctor in Colorado Springs has now agreed to pay more than $86,000 to the United States government after it was discovered that he had been improperly making claims that constituted insurance fraud to a military insurer for administrative services that continued from 2008 through 2013. Internal audits that had been performed by the TriCare Military Health System revealed the billing practice. These audits showed that the billing practices of Dr. David Hatfield were actually…

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Insurance fraud discovered in Maryland’s second largest school system

H. Cutner
insurance fraud

The CFO of Prince George’s school system has been placed on administrative leave with pay following accusations. The head budget official for the second biggest school system in Maryland now finds himself on administrative leave with pay after it was discovered by school officials that it is likely that he has committed insurance fraud. The officials discovered an order form from the Maryland Insurance Office in which fraudulent activities occurred. The Prince George’s County Public School System’s chief financial officer, Colby R. White, as well as his wife, Keisha, who…

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Auto insurance fraud used a deer to fake a $5 million claim

Julie Campbell
auto insurance fraud

A 63 year old body shop owner from Philadelphia has been accused of hundreds of scam charges. A man from Philadelphia is now facing hundreds of charges relating to his auto insurance fraud activities, in which he used deer carcasses, fur, and blood to make it appear as though the vehicles had struck the animals on the road. The participants in the scam would then file inflated claims so that insurers would pay for the “repairs”. According to investigators, the accused, Ronald Galati Sr. had a rather clear motto, which…

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Hail damage claims in Colorado cause insurance companies to brace themselves

H. Cutner
homeowners insurance hail damage storm

As this year proves to be another in which tornadoes and other storms will be damaging, insurers are preparing. Property insurance companies are getting ready for the wave of claims that they are expecting from the tornadoes and hail damage that have resulted from the recent storms in Colorado. Insurers believe that the totals for the claims could be quite significant, and they are bracing for it. At the time that this article was written, no estimates had yet been compiled. However, the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association executive director,…

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Fast and Furious movie insurance breaks claim records

Julie Campbell
Fast and Furious movie insurance

The death of Paul Walker has now led to a payment from the insurer that could be as high as $50 million. As the latest Fast and Furious movie was already filming when its star, Paul Walker, died in a tragic accident at the end of last November, Universal Pictures was forced to make a decision regarding the way that the production of the movie would proceed, and it has now led to a record breaking insurance claim for $50 million. The payment for this claim will add to the…

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