Common property insurance fraud

• Providing deceptive information as part of a claim about the cause or date of loss or property location
• Knowingly inflating the value of damaged property on an otherwise legitimate claim
• Intentionally damaging property to make a claim
• Staging a burglary or theft and then falsely reporting a claim for stolen or damaged property
• Asking a vendor to inflate a repair estimate or invoice by the deductible amount or more
• Creating a false repair bill or receipt in support of a claim
• Concealing the use of or misstating the value of a residence to an insurance agent to reduce an insurance premium
• Submitting false information to or permitting false information to be submitted by an inspector in order to obtain a wind mitigation premium credit

Learn more about how you can:

• Identify, report and help stop insurance fraud
• Avoid fraud after a catastrophe