Thursday, August 25, 2016

Penalty for insurance fraud of more than 500 euros – NU.nl

The measure is intended to address insurance fraud harder and deter potential fraudsters.

With the amount hopes the Association of Insurers to cover research costs. Fraud leads according to the covenant, namely that customers actually pay many tens of euros per year.

“It’s tit-for-tat policy. Who commits fraud, will now direct the bill, ” says director Richard Weurding Thursday. In addition to imposing a penalty will recover the insurer wrongly paid money and also be notified.

In 2015 8.336 cases were identified which was rigged with insurance, over 7 percent more than in the previous year. This opgespoorde business totaled 79 million euro.

” Direct aansprakelijkstelling in insurance fraud fits the current trend that victims of crime are becoming more resilient” said Minister Ard van der Steur of Security and Justice.

He believes that a good development. ” Crime does not pay and disadvantaged citizens and businesses should be compensated. “

By: Reuters

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