Tamlyn Edmonds and Kate McMahon explain that in 2019, CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention service reported a 27% rise in false insurance claims across the UK in the prior year and that in 2018, dishonest insurance claims were valued at £1.2bn and in 2019 the average insurance scam had a value of £12,000. They discuss how private prosecutions are becoming an increasingly popular tool in the fight against insurance fraud.
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