A life insurance policy is designed to provide financial protection to your family after you have passed away. Like other insurance policies, you have to purchase it while you are still alive. A woman in Georgia pretended to be her deceased son, and signed up for a life insurance policy in his name. This woman was doing it wrong! A quick scan through your favorite news website will very likely bring up at least a couple of articles that talk about insurance fraud. It is illegal to commit insurance fraud, no matter what type of insurance is involved. The federal … Continue reading →

Allstate Insurance has filed another insurance fraud lawsuit. It is the second one the insurer has filed this year. The insurer is seeking to recover a total of $6 million dollars from four defendants, (all of whom are from New York). Recently, the federal government did a nationwide takedown that resulted in 107 medical professionals being charged with Medicare fraud. The purpose was to prevent criminals from attempting to make money by filing fraudulent claims with Medicare for services or equipment that patients did not need or did not actually receive. This is the type of fraud that leads to … Continue reading →