Act now on fraud, says Canadian...
July 30, 2010
POLICE enforcement, legislative changes and new rules for medical clinics are needed to stop insurance fraud causing an increase in insurance premiums, claimed RBC Insurance in a press conference yesterday. The company cited one extreme instance where three minor injury claims from one accident led to 76 different treatments involving 50 different assessors. In each case of injury assessment, a fee is claimed from the insurer by the clinic or practitioner. RBC Insurance head of life, health and casualty claims Ken Bowman said that “we suspect that sometimes clients aren’t always attending all of these”. The Toronto Globe & Mail noted Mr Bowman’s assertion that a small industry had formed in Ontario to take advantage of the province’s generous motor insurance rules. This includes a mandatory C$100,000 (US$97,000) level of cover for medical rehabilitation, no matter how minor the injury. The...