What is ‘Fake Claims’
The term fake claims refers to insurance claims that are made fraudulently. These claims are made in an attempt for the policy holder to benefit financially from making claims that are false or exaggerated. While such practices are a fairly common occurrence, they are highly illegal.
Explaining ‘Fake Claims’
Fake claims are often exaggerations of valid claims to an insurance policy. For example, a homeowner insurance policy holder may have been the victim of a breaking and entering where items were stolen. The number (and value) of the stolen items may be exaggerated on the claims report, indicating that more items were stolen than really were. This exaggeration could lead to the homeowner receiving a larger claim settlement than that to which he or she is truly entitled. Large claims are often investigate to mitigate such problems.
Further Reading
- The Fake Bad Scale and MMPI-2 F-family in detection of implausible psychological trauma claims – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Economic rationale of demonetisation – books.google.com [PDF]
- Truth is what happens to news: On journalism, fake news, and post-truth – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Fake news and the economy of emotions: Problems, causes, solutions – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Defining “fake news” A typology of scholarly definitions – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Fake news as a critical incident in journalism – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Fake news, real money: Ad tech platforms, profit-driven hoaxes, and the business of journalism – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Fake, partial and imposed compliance: the limits of the EU's normative power in the Western Balkans – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]