As criminals get organised and move beyond more established forms of insurance scams, fraudulent liability claims have soared

The ABI has published figures for the past six years, showing that the total volume and value of fraudulent employers' and public liability claims have been rising steadily. Click on the image, right.

Many in the market are reporting that organised crime gangs are increasingly behind these fraudulent claims. For more on this, and how the industry is fighting back, see 'Ready to blow' in our 9 September issue.