Matthew Smith Named Executive Director of Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
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- Leads staff of nonprofit alliance of more than 200 member organizations
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Prior, Smith was the Coalition's director of government affairs and general counsel since 2018.
The Coalition is a nonprofit alliance of more than 200 consumer groups, insurers, government agencies and other organizations. The Coalition combats all forms of insurance fraud, across all lines of insurance.
Smith succeeds
As the Coalition's executive director, Smith is liaison to numerous anti-fraud groups such as the
Smith founded one of the nation's leading law firms specializing in insurance-fraud litigation. The firm broke new ground by specializing in all aspects of defense against insurance fraud, from investigations to civil actions, under Smith's leadership.
Smith has won more than 100 civil trials -- including cases against home and business insurance arsonists ... chiropractors who fraudulently over-bill ... pill mills ... MRI clinics ... and other insurance swindlers. Many of his appellate decisions have set significant court precedents.
Smith also pioneered using data from cell towers as evidence in civil insurance-fraud cases -- now standard practice for insurance-fraud cases around the
He has served as president or on the boards and committees of numerous other groups such as the
A prolific author and lecturer, Smith has written more than 100 articles and spoken to dozens of anti-fraud and civic groups.
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