A businessman cleared of his involvement in the killing of his wife has lost a claim for life insurance. He took out the policy 11 months before his wife’s murder during a business trip. He said it was a difficult period dealing with charges and losing his wife and mother...
Everything in a couple’s wedding was perfect, until it was time to cut the cake. After posing for a few pictures, they went to cut the first slice and couldn’t do it, no matter how much effort they put into it. The cake was made of Styrofoam and cardboard but...
The owners of a music store have been charged with burning it down for insurance money. The building which was previously a church, was destroyed. The owner claimed damages shortly after the blaze and they were not paid, but indicted on arson, insurance fraud and conspiracy charges. They were released...
A woman recently claimed for severe injuries and traumatic brain damage after her car was the first in a five-car pile-up. During the course of discovery, the insurer came into possession of a surveillance video taken by a hardware store, which actually showed a recap of the accident. The claimant’s...
And there are incidents that give insurance a bad name. An elderly woman who had paid thousands of dollars in insurance premiums over decades suffered a bad turn when her house was burned down. Upon further investigation, the house was found to be set on fire by the woman’s grandson...
Doctors have discovered through an X-ray a clamp that was left behind inside a woman three years after her Caesarean section. The woman went to the hospital complaining of severe stomachache. She was fine till she developed a backache and started to lose weight, till the severe stomachache began. The...
An elderly lady backed into the door of her drycleaner’s shop and broke it, causing structural damage. Unfortunately for the drycleaner, the claims adjuster of the woman came along and told her that the claimant was injured and trying to get the shop’s insurance to pay for her injuries. Bizarre...
A double life involving adultery, blackmail and fraud has led to a financial and insurance adviser being sent to jail for more than two years. The 52-year-old man, a former self-employed authorised financial adviser, completed 122 false insurance policy application forms and collected more than USD197,400 in commission from...
A woman was recently arrested on charges of falsely claiming stolen property to an insurance company. She was arrested on charges of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses, according to a news release. Investigators accuse Spencer of fraudulently obtaining more than USD4000 from the insurance company by falsely...
A man has been arrested for falsifying a police report in a failed insurance fraud claim. He filed the police report in Phuket alleging that various personal items had been stolen from his hotel room. However, the hotel’s CCTV footage showed the man getting out of his room with a...
