MPI’s top five insurance fraud stories of 2018
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — December 28, 2018 — Insurance fraud in Manitoba has an annual impact of approximately $50 million, costing each MPI ratepayer around $50 a year, according to Manitoba Public Insurance. To demonstrate the lengths people will go to defraud their insurance company, MPI releases a yearly list of the top five […]
Liberals to blame for ICBC crisis, Fraser Institute
Vancouver, British Columbia — April 9, 2018 — British Columbian autobody shops can breathe slightly more easily after a new report was issued about the financial crisis facing the Insurance Company of British Columbia (ICBC). Months after Attorney General David Eby promised to investigate claims that widespread insurance fraud, the provincial government has […]
Canadian autobody industry leaders respond to Aviva shop fraud investigation
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — March 19, 2018 — Inspired by tow truck driver recommendations, Aviva recently led an undercover investigation into Canadian collision repair shops. The investigation, covered by CTV, found evidence that repair facilities are conducting inappropriate repairs. The major Canadian P&C carrier crashed ten vehicles and appraised the damage […]
Fraud files: ICBC rolls out new tool to detect fraudulent claims
By Mike Davey Victoria, British Columbia — February 22, 2017 — A trio of staged crashes, false injury claims and an engaged couple who faked a pedestrian crash were among the fraudulent insurance claims uncovered by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) in 2016. ICBC announced in December 2016 that it had a new […]
Ontario budget takes aim at insurance fraud
Toronto, Ontario — February 28, 2016 — The government of Ontario has plans to establish a “serious fraud office” with a special focus on auto insurance fraud. The announcement was included in the budget recently announced by Ontario Minister of Finance Charles Sousa. “Auto insurance fraud continues to be a serious problem and has plagued […]
Manitoba Public Insurance unveils the top frauds of 2015
Winnipeg, Manitoba — January 2, 2016 — Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) has unveiled what it’s calling the Top Five Frauds of 2015. Fraudulent and suspicious claims are handled by Manitoba Public Insurance’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU). The efforts of this special unit resulted in fraud savings last year of $7.6 million for Manitoba auto insurance […]
Aviva goes after fraudsters
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 14, 2015 — Insurance company Aviva recently helped police lay fraud charges in two cases involving the auto body and auto insurance industries. According to a press release from Aviva, Peter Panagopoulos, the owner of Bill’s Midway Auto Body, is one of those charged. He is alleged to […]
