Roundtable: Tackling ghost broking before it spreads further

Callcredit roundtable
Back row, l-r: Josh Gunnell, head of fraud & ID pre-sales, Transunion; David Halstead, UK head of claims fraud, AIG; James Burge, underwriting and application fraud manager, Allianz; Linda Rees, head of counter fraud, AA; Craig Lawrence, group counter fraud operations manager, Markerstudy; and Marc Shickell, financial crime manager, Covéa. Front row, l-r: Stuart Gee, claims manager, counter fraud unit, MS Amlin; Adele Sumner, head of fraud intelligence and strategic development, RSA; Christine Ryan, senior fraud underwriter, Zurich; Rebecca Grainger, senior account director, Transunion; and Simon Roylance, claims crime prevention team manager, LV

Ghost broking is a growing threat and it is spreading to the commercial environment, Post held a roundtable with senior claims and fraud figures to discuss what the insurance industry should be doing about it

How big is the threat of ghost broking?

David Halstead, UK head of claims fraud, AIG: It’s on the increase and that’s reflected in the fact that the Insurance Fraud Bureau and Insurance Fraud

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