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Allianz celebrates fraud saving success for 2019
Allianz Insurance is celebrating another record year for fraud success in 2019, with a total saving of £65.2m. This represents a £450,000 increase over the previous year and is 8% above target.
As in 2018, Motor continued to be the most common type of fraudulent claim received by Allianz, accounting for 44% of the total. The Casualty area closely followed Motor, with 39% of fraudulent claims. This has been a strong space for Allianz and continues to be a focus for the IFB this year.
The dramatic weather events in 2019 provided the backdrop for the highest individual fraud saving amounted to just over £2m on a flood claim submitted on behalf of a commercial property. The claim was then found to include fabricated circumstances and misrepresentation of the business.
Allianz’s fraud manager, James Burge commented:
“Fraud detection and prevention remains a priority and this was demonstrated when we brought Application Fraud together with Claims Fraud last year. The team has gone from strength to strength and I am delighted that we reached a significant amount in fraud detections and savings. In addition, we also saved an impressive £2.5m in Application Fraud which is a testament to the teams. Their continued commitment to protecting our genuine customers has led to Allianz’s savings being increased from £64.75m in 2018, to £65.2m in 2019.
“For 2020 we are hopeful that the Whiplash Reforms will go ahead this year, which will be a positive move for the industry, but we must also not become complacent. We will continue to be on the front foot and adapt and streamline our processes where necessary to keep up with the new methods fraudsters are adopting. It is essential that data is shared so that insurance companies can flag up patterns and anomalies when appropriate”.
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The information contained in this press release relates to Allianz Insurance plc. Allianz Insurance plc is one of the largest general insurers in the UK and part of the Allianz Group.
The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 92 million retail and corporate customers. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 673 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage more than 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we hold the leading position for insurers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2018, over 142,000 employees in more than 80 countries achieved total revenues of 131 billion euros and an operating profit of 11.5 billion euros for the group.
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