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,...
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 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...
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...
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...
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,...
Injured Worker Gets Help from a Friend…and a Bat
A Florida Truck Driver who was injured on the job made a few unfortunate decisions when she decided she wasn’t ready to go back to work and wanted to...
Alter a Photo and Alter the Facts
A Maryland Delivery Driver who claimed to be injured while working was scheduled to attend an independent medical exam to determine either suspension or continuation of workers’ compensation benefits...
Fraud Alert: How to Spot Odometer Fraud
Happy that you just bought a nice used car with low miles? Can’t believe that you got such a great deal? Maybe the prior owner didn’t drive it much....
What is Workers’ Compensation Fraud?
Most people have some understanding of what fraud is, and when asked, they might say, “Someone lying to get something they didn’t deserve.” But what does fraud mean in...
