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The heavy burden of insurance fraud in South Africa – currently estimated at costing the industry around R10billion annually - could be reduced significantly if the quality of data improved.
KPMG has noted a new trend in relation to business fraud which poses a serious risk of significant financial loss.
With internet and technology creating an ever-interconnected world, the amount of information businesses need to manage to remain secure is staggering.
Fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation of facts in order for one person to gain financially at the expense of government, an organisation, or another individual. If we bare this in mind, then the insurance industry is rife with fraudulent activities, both from policyholders and from certain intermediaries who try to defraud policyholders.
The strongest deterrent against FSP compliance missteps is or should be: