Industry to roll-out lie detectors, says report

Esure and other large British insurers are in advanced discussions to use lie detectors for household and motor claims, revealed a report.

This comes a fortnight after Admiral said that since it had begun using voice risk-analysis software in May, a quarter of claims made for stolen vehicles had been withdrawn.

A spokesman for Esure said the company had been in talks with Digilog for several months to pilot over plans to pilot its lie detector software, claimed the report.

The spokesman said: "We have been in discussions with Digilog for one or two months now, as we are looking for ways to reduce fraud. It is entirely possible that we will be doing a pilot with them."

The report revealed that Groupama had said it was in advanced talks to use lie detectors. Claims technical director Michael Booth said: "We are talking to an outsourcing provider as we are looking to use it for both motor and household claims."

Brownsword chief executive David Brownsword said he was in discussion with a number of insurers about using the Digilog system. "Currently, 15 insurers are giving serious consideration to adopting the process and we are due to go live on three further pilots in early December for motor and household claims."

The report added that Churchill Insurance was also considering using lie detectors as part of its overall strategy.