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Insurance Age 19th June 2008 - Power of the Collective Leads to Further Arrests Say IFB
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Post Magazine 18th June 2008 - Forty Fraudsters Face Court
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BBC Online 16th June 2008 - Forty Charged in Bogus Crash Case
Yorkshire Evening Post 12th June 2008 - Keighley and Bradford Men Arrested in Motor Fraud Probe
Post Magazine 12th June 2008 - And the Nominations for the Awards are…
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Telegraph and Argus 11th June 2008 - Two Held in ‘Crash for Crash’ Raids
Keighley News 12th June 2008 - Police Target Car Crash Scammers
Westyorkshire.police.uk 11th June 2008 - Two Men Arrested in Keighley Following Morning Raids
Parliament Online 5th June 2008 - Insurance Fraud
Insurance Times 29th May 2008 - Claims Cowboys Hit
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Post Magazine 16th May 2008 - Most Believe They Can Get Away With Insurance Fraud
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Insurance Age 16th May 2008 - Most Believe They Can Get Away With Insurance Fraud
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Professional Broking 16th May 2008 - Most Believe They Can Get Away With Insurance Fraud
BBC Radio 4, You & Yours 8 May 2008 - Richard Davies radio interview
Law Gazette 1st May 2008 - Call For Identity Checks to Combat Claims Fraud
Claims Management April 2008 - No Cash for Cash (see attached) Re-produced with kind permission of Claims Management magazine
InsuranceNew.co.au 28th April 2008 - Law Firms Under Suspicion in Claims Crackdown
Post Magazine 24th April 2008 - IFB Scrutinises Law Firms
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Insurance Day 23rd April 2008 - IFB Targets Lawyers for Fraudulent Claims
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Insurance Age 22nd April 2008 - Solicitors Face Investigation by the IFB
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Insurance Times 22nd April 2008 - Solicitors Face Fraud Probe
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Professional Broking 22nd April 2008 - Solicitors Face Investigation by the IFB
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Solicitors Journal 22nd April 2008 - Ten Solicitors’ Firms Investigate in Attack on Organised Insurance Fraud
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The Times 22nd April 2008 - Solicitors Face Inquiry Over Insurance Fraud Kickbacks
Post Magazine 22nd April 2008 - Solicitors Face Investigation by the IFB
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Insurance Times 10th April 2008 - When Can We Tap Into The Knowledge Base?
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Insurance Times 3rd April 2008 - An Annual High Point in a Challenging, Volatile Market
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Insurance Age 1st April 2008 - West Yorkshire Police Charge Three Individuals
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Insurance Times 27th March 2008 - Tracking the fast and the furious
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Keighley News Online 14th March 2008 - Three Face Fraud Charges
Insurance Day 10th March 2007 - West Yorkshire Arrests in ‘Crash for Cash’ Operation
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Insurance Times 20th March 2008 - Most Read
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Insurance Times 13th March 2008 - ‘Cash for Cash’ Scams Drop as Key Suspects Arrested
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Post Magazine 13th March 2008 - 'Cash for Crash' Sting Nets Three Key Players
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Post Magazine 13th March 2008 - Bleak House
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Post Magazine 13th March 2008 - The Road to Perdition
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Post Magazine 13th March 2008 - Analyse This
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Insurance Times 12th March 2008 - What's next for the IFB?
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Insurance Age 7th March 2008 - More Arrests in the 'Crash for Cash' Schemes
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Insurance Age 7th March 2008 - Three Charged Over Crash for Cash Scam
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Insurance Times 7th March 2008 - Three charged in 'Cash for Crash' Investigation
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Post Magazine 7th March 2008 - More Arrests in the 'Crash for Cash' Schemes
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Post Magazine 7th March 2008 - Three Charged over Crash for Cash Scam
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Insurance Times 6th March - Weblog: My Favorites- James Heath
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Post Magazine 6th March 2008 - IFB ready to take fraud battle inside
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Insurance Age 1st March 2008 - A Fleeting Moment in History
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Insurance Age 1st March 2008 - The Gloves Are Off
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Complinet.com 22nd February 2008 - Insurers Must Take ‘Holistic’ Approach to Combat Fraud, says IFB Chair
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Post Magazine 21st February 2008 - Phantom Passenger Victory Marks Turning in Fraud Tide
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Insurance Times 7th February 2008 - Letters: The Problem with a Global Fraud List
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Insurance Times 2nd February 2008 - Letter: Problems with a Global Fraud List
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Insurance Age 1st February 2008 - Staged Fright
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Insurance Times 24th January 2008 - £2bn Wiped Off Insurers as Global Stocks Slump
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Insurance Day 22nd January 2008 - From the Archive- Insurers Fight Fraud First
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Insurance Times 17th January 2008 - Can a Global Fraud List Work?
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Post Magazine 10th January 2008 - Penny Black’s Insurance Week
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Post Magazine 3rd January 2008 - Motor claims: Fleet- A Road Awakening
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Brokers’ Monthly December 2007 - Fraud: Staged Accidents Costing Millions
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Brokers' Monthly December 2007 - Fraud: Fraudsters Turn to Commercial Motor.
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Post Magazine 8th November 2007 - Allianz revels in fraud swoop
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Post Magazine 1st November 2007 - Four arrested after Allianz motor fraud investigation
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Post Magazine 18th October 2007 - Where do we go from here?
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Post Magazine 18th October 2007 - First year success kicks of IFB’s cost benefit analysis
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Post Magazine 18th October 2007 - Industry outlines fraud tackling guide
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Cunningham Lindsey 11th October 2007 - A bigger crash for your cash
Post Magazine 11th October 2007 - A bigger crash for your cash
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Post Magazine 11th October 2007 - Future of fraud revealed
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Post Magazine 4th October 2007 - IFB Hails Progress wills AXA woos MPs on fraud
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Thompson’s World Insurance News October 2007 - Insurers in UK report fraud detection stridesPDF document
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North West Tonight, 10 September 2007, Richard Davies interview on Crash for Cash Scams
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Insurance Times 6th September 2007- Drama as IFB Foots The Bill.
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KD Nuggets Online 4th September 2007- Insurance Fraud Bureau’s Data Mining Initiatives Net Fraudsters
The Observer 19th August 2007- High Jinks on Holiday Risk an Insurance Hangover
Insurance Times 9th August 2007- Joined-up Fraud Busting PDF document
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Post Magazine 9th August 2007- Fraud Study Gathers Pace
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Insurance Times 9th August 2007- ABI and Home Office in Talks On Sharing Fraud Data
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Computer Weekly.com 9th August 2007- Data Mining Increases Insurance Fraud Arrests
Insurance Times 2nd August 2007- All in a Year’s Work
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Post Magazine 2nd August 2007- IFB Outline 12 Month Figures
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Insurance Times 2 August 2007 - IFB Seeks To Expand As Fraud Scam Cut By A ThirdPDF document
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Professional Broking 1st August 2007- IFB Looks to Expand Remit
Brokers Monthly August 2007 - Anniversary for IFBPDF document
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Insurance Day 27 July 2007 - One Year In- IFB Makes Fraud InroadsPDF document
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Insurance Times, Times Two 19 July 2007- Commercial LinesPDF document
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Insurance Times 19 July 2007 - Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Breaking Down FraudPDF document
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Complinet.com 12 July 2007 - Enhanced Data Exchange Will Combat Insurance Fraud, Says City PolicePDF document
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Insurance Times 12 July 2007 - Fraud Body Reveals 1,000 Gangs in UKPDF document
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Oldham Chronicle News 22 June 2007 - Race-Hate Fears Over 'Cash-for-Crash' Claims PDF document
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Insurance Times 28 June 2007 - Fraud: Who’s Winning?
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Post Magazine 21 June 2007 - Insurers Will Play Pivotal Role In The Fight Against Fraud
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Insurance Times 21 June 2007 - ABI Seeks Coordinated Claims Fraud Strategy
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Telegraph and Argus 18 June - MP Calls for 'Crash-for-Cash' Action
Post Magazine 24 May 2007 - Waiting for Action
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Telegraph and Argus 17 May 2007 - Four Held in Raids Over Car Crash Insurance
Keighley News 17 May 2007 - More Arrests in 'Crash for Cash' Investigation
Post Magazine 17 May 2007 - Goldmsith Backs Insurers' Outcry Over CID Fund Cuts
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Insurance Age May 2007 - IFB Steps Up Fraud Hunt
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Insurance Age 17 May 2007 - Police Arrest Two More in Yorkshire Fraud Swoop
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Insurance Times 17 May 2007 - Fraud is an Issue of Perception
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Insurance Times, 17 May 2007 - Why We Must Change the Cheating Culture
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Professional Broking 17 May 2007 - Police Arrest Two More in Yorkshire Motor Fraud Swoop
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Insurance Age 16 May 2007 - West Yorks Police Make Four Arrests in IFB Fraud Raids
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Insurance Times 16 May 2007 - Four Arrested in ‘Crash for Cash’ Insurance Scam
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Professional Broking 16 May 2007 - West Yorks Police Make Four Arrests in IFB Fraud Raids
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Bristol Evening Post 10 May 2007 - Is your Claim Honest?
Times Online 9 May 2007 - One in Ten Britons Commits Insurance Fraud
BBC Radio Five Live 9 May 2007 - John Beadle Live Radio Interview
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Chiltern FM 4 May 2007 - Richard Davies radio interview, bulletin 1 and bulletin 2
Insurance Day 02 May 2007 - IFB claims immediate success in battle against UK fraudsters PDF document
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Manchester Metro 27 April 2007 - Car crash fraudster figures shocker
BBC Radio 4, You & Yours 25 April 2007 - John Beadle live radio interview
Telegraph 21 April 2007 - Brakes put on Crash Fraud
Insurance Times 19 April 2007 - Police Swoop on Million Pound Insurance Fraudsters
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Post Online 19 April 2007 - Police Arrest 5 in Fraud Swoop
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Times Online 25 March 2007 - Car Gangs Make £300m by Ramming Innocent Drivers
Insurance Day 26 January 2007 - UK Takes Tougher Line On Fraudsters PDF document
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BBC Norfolk Online 18 January 2007 - Crash for Cash
BBC Radio 4, You & Yours 17 January 2007 - Richard Davies live radio interview
Reuters News Wire 16 January 2007 - Government Urged to Combat "Crash for Cash" Scams
Channel 4 News 16 January 2007 - 'Stopping the Crashes for Cash' News Report and Richard Davies Live TV Interview
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BBC Norfolk 15 January 2007 - 'Crash for Cash' interview with Richard Davies
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BBC Radio Newcastle 13 January 2007 - Richard Davies live radio interview
Post Magazine 3rd January 2007 - A Road Awakening
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BBC Radio Suffolk 3 January 2007 - John Beadle live radio interview
BBC Radio 4 Money Box 16 December 2006 - 'Crash for Cash' Scams report and radio interview with Richard Davies
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Radio 4 Moneybox Online 16 December, 2006 - Fraud Body Warns of Crash Scams
This is Lancashire 6 December 2006 - Town One of the Worst for Crash for Cash Fraud
Liverpool Daily Post 6 December 2006 - City a Car Crash Fraud Hotspot
Financial Times 6 December 2006 - Surge In Motor Accident Scams
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Mail on Sunday 26 November 2006 - Fake Crash Gangs Are Rising Perils
Insurance Times Online 22 November 2006 - Eight people arrested after IFB investigation
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Post Online 7 November 2006 - 10 Arrests in Insurance Fraud Raids
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BBC 3 Counties 7 November 2006 - Ten Held in Bogus Crashes Inquiry
BBC Look East News 7 November 2006 - 'Cash for Crash' interview recording with John Beadle
Broker Monthly 20 October 2006 - Working together to tackle fraud PDF document
Daily Mirror 30 August 2006 - Exclusive: Car Crash Con Gang