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FRAUDE ASSURANCE [6 records]

Record 1 2022-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Insurance
CONT

How to become an insurance claim investigator. Investigators protect insurance companies from paying off on fraudulent claims by verifying that the information given to the company is accurate. While not every claim undergoes investigation, any that involve a large payoff or where the company suspects the possibility of fraud typically get a closer look.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Assurances
CONT

Les compagnies et mutuelles d’assurance font régulièrement appel à des enquêteurs d’assurance. Ces détectives privés spécialisés dans l'enquête d’assurance sont des partenaires privilégiés pour déjouer toute tentative de fraude, obtenir des précisions sur les circonstances d’un sinistre ou retrouver les bénéficiaires de contrats d’assurance vie en déshérence.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Transportation Insurance
CONT

A valued contract specifies the agreed value of the subject-matter insured and, subject to the provisions of this chapter and in the absence of fraud, the agreed value is, as between the insurer and the assured, conclusive of the insurable value of the subject-matter intended to be insured, whether the loss be total or partial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Assurance transport
CONT

Le contrat à valeur agréée fixe la valeur convenue de l'objet de l'assurance. Sous réserve des dispositions du présent chapitre et en l'absence de fraude, la valeur convenue fait pleine foi entre l'assureur et l'assuré de la valeur du bien que l'on entend assurer, qu'il y ait perte totale ou seulement avarie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Insurance fraud is any act committed with the intent to fraudulently obtain payment from an insurer. Insurance fraud has existed ever since the beginning of insurance as a commercial enterprise. Fraudulent claims account for a significant portion of all claims received by insurers, and cost billions of dollars annually.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Insurance
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

The Canadian Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (CCAIF) is the national organization for reducing the cost of insurance fraud through public awareness, better business practices, improved investigative and enforcement techniques and a better understanding of the problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Assurances
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

La Coalition canadienne contre la fraude à l'assurance(CCFA) est l'organisme national qui aide à réduire le coût de la fraude à l'assurance soit par la sensibilisation du public vis-à-vis de la fraude, de meilleures pratiques d’entreprise, une amélioration des techniques d’enquête et de l'application de la loi, de même qu'une meilleure compréhension du problème.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Programme visant à déceler les cas de fraude en assurance-chômage, en comparant le NAS figurant sur la demande de prestations aux Registres d’assurance sociale dès la réception de cette demande.

OBS

Source : Dale Smith, agent de programme, Enquêtes et Contrôle, Assurance, EIC

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
DEF

Fraud: An act of willful deception and dishonesty carried out with a view to securing some advantage, profit, etc., to which one is not entitled, at the expense of another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
OBS

Peut aussi se traduire par «assurance contre les détournements». Voir fiche «fidelity insurance».

Spanish

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