Bogus Motor Insurance Claims Surged in 2023: Aviva

A 39 percent increase in fraudulent motor insurance claims worth millions of pounds was recorded last year, leading insurer Aviva said on Wednesday. The company said it had uncovered more than 11,000 suspect claims worth £116 million that were made in 2023. This is the equivalent of 30 bogus claims a day with a value of £318,000. The insurer reported a surge in fraudulent claims for minor injuries suffered in road traffic accidents and for damage to motor vehicles. The most popular target for fraudsters, motor injury fraud, accounted for 35 percent of all bogus claims Aviva detected. The insurer has been dealing with increasing numbers of fraud injury claims, which grew by 19 percent last year and were worth more then £23 million....