Slip and Fall Fraud Schemes and How to Recognize Them
Slip and fall fraud schemes are deceptive practices where individuals purposely stage or exaggerate accidents in public or private spaces to file fraudulent insurance claims or lawsuits seeking financial...
Detecting Deception During an Interview
ICW Group’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is comprised of experts in fraud investigation and identification. We leverage this expertise to interview parties involved in a questionable workers' compensation claim.
Detecting...
Watch for These Common Scams
Did you know the first recorded scam dates back to 300 B.C.? That’s right. Over 2,000 years ago! It's believed that Hegestratos, a Greek sea merchant, purchased an insurance policy on...
What Motivates Workers’ Compensation Fraud?
Fraudulent claims can have a tremendously adverse impact on a business’s profitability, the morale of the employee base, and the long-term viability of your operation. Understanding what motivates an...
A Guide to Interviewing Workplace Injury Claimants and Witnesses
Once an employee reports an injury, it's important to obtain detailed information in a timely fashion. This often involves interviewing the claimant, coworkers, supervisors, witnesses, and anyone else involved....
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...
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...
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...
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...
