Insurance Penalty of 532, – Euro to deter false reporting – Focus on News

Thursday, 25. August 2016 – 8:37 Update: 27-08-2016 11:03

‘the number of cases where adopted by insurers has been tampered with insurance rose by more than 7 percent last year to 8336 “, says the Association of insurers.

Ard van der Steur

The approach can count on the support of the police and judiciary. “The direct liability established by insurance fraud fits the current trend that victims of crime are becoming more resilient. I think that is a good development. Crime does not pay and disadvantaged citizens and businesses should be compensated, “said Minister Ard van der Steur of Security and Justice.

insurers have again detected more insurance fraud in 2015. This appears from the annual accounts of the Centre for Combating Insurance Crime (CBV) of the Association of Insurers. In total, 31 034 times insurers started an investigation and asked to actually establish fraud in 8336 cases. This detected cases had involved a total of 79 million euros.

Damages

Insurance stabbing a lot of time in detecting and addressing fraud so customers do not pay unnecessary premiums. Even simple fraud leads to customers annually actually pay many tens of euros. Insurers go their own research costs are fixed compensation directly stories on the perpetrators.

In addition to expulsion, registrations warning lists and the recovery of sums paid out, they will get a new means of insurance fraud also discouraging in the simple things. “Whoever commits fraud, will now direct the bill. I hope that we deter potential fraudsters, “said general manager Richard Weurding of the Covenant.

Civil Law approach

Insurers want to approach” dealing direct liability ‘more fraud cases through civil law which no appeal may be made to the police or judiciary. Once an insurer has shown that a customer has committed fraud, the case is transferred to the Direct Service Organisation Liability (SODA). SODA then recounts the damage to the fraudster. The approach is made possible and supported by among others the Ministry of Security and Justice, the National Police and the VNO-NCW / MKB Netherlands.