Full-Size Truck Owners Beware of Trending Thefts
ICW Group partners with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) to stay on top of fraud trends to pass along to our customers. According to a recent NICB report,...
A Multiple Injury Claim Leads to Fraud Investigation
A California construction worker filed a workers’ compensation claim for multiple injuries. During ICW Group's fraud investigation efforts involving depositions and qualified medical exams, the claimant denied prior industrial...
Learn the Warning Signs of Work Comp Fraud
ICW Group is proud to participate in International Fraud Awareness Week, a week in November dedicated to spreading public awareness surrounding the topic of fraud and what we can...
What is Work Comp Fraud, Actually?
Fraud in the workers’ compensation landscape can be confusing. There is so much that goes on in an employer’s mind when it concerns a potential act of fraud by...
8 Key Strategies to Prevent Work Comp Fraud
Preventing workers’ compensation fraud is critical for businesses, honest workers, and everyone within the work comp ecosystem. According to the California Department of Insurance, based on estimates by the National...
What Fraudsters do not Want Employers to Know
Members of fraud syndicates understand that committing insurance fraud, such as creating false work comp claims, is far less dangerous than running guns and drugs or robbing banks. Often,...
Your Employee is Involved in a Fraud Scheme, Now What?
We've talked about what not to do as an employer to help prevent the likelihood that a professional fraudster will target and hook one of your employees into committing...
Best Practices for Using Video Surveillance Cameras in the Workplace
Video surveillance cameras in the workplace shield employers and workers alike. Many organizations, particularly those with cash or inventory, such as retail and financial institutions, have video surveillance. Businesses...
Telemedicine Fraud Scams That Might Surprise You
One of the questions our Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has received from business partners relates to the types of telemedicine fraud we saw during the pandemic.
The SIU community and...
Protect Loved Ones from Elder Fraud
An especially terrible type of fraud is elder fraud. There are far too many scammers who specifically prey on older individuals. Steps to minimize risk to the seniors in your...
