Crash scam figures at record high, insurers warn
"Crash for cash" scams where fraudsters stage accidents to claim on other drivers' insurance are at an all-time high, the BBC has learned.
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| The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) estimates around 30,000 accidents were staged last year. The scams cost insurers about £350m in 2009 and added £44 to the premium of every driver in the country. Birmingham was the UK's top fraud hot-spot and incidents rose in parts of London, the industry-funded body said. Until recently the claims were largely confined to north-west England, and the other four top spots for insurance fraud of this sort were filled by Liverpool, Blackburn, Manchester and Leeds. |
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