Reports from University of Portsmouth Provide New Insights into Security Management (‘All walks of life’: A profile of household insurance fraudsters…

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Reports from University of Portsmouth Provide New Insights into Security Management ('All walks of life': A profile of household insurance fraudsters in the United Kingdom)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Bioterrorism Week -- Investigators discuss new findings in Security. According to news reporting originating in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "This article provides a profile of a household insurance fraudster based on an analysis of 33 189 dishonest household insurance claims identified by VFM Ltd (a claims handling company using conversation management as an investigative tool). Analysis of the dishonest claims showed marked differences in the profile of fraudsters to some of the published profiles of occupational fraudsters."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Portsmouth, "There is greater gender equality and a wider range of occupations among insurance fraudsters with a peak age range in the 30-50 age groups. Claims made are also generally of low value, less than 500 pound. This article offers insights on the goods claimed, the explanations offered and the seasonality of claiming behaviour."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "This article suggests household insurance fraud can be linked to Routine Activity Theory and that more research is needed to investigate this further."

For more information on this research see: 'All walks of life': A profile of household insurance fraudsters in the United Kingdom. Security Journal, 2016;29(3):501-519. Security Journal can be contacted at: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Brunel Rd Bldg, Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS, Hants, England (see also Security).

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting of Portsmouth, Center Counter Fraud Studies, Portsmouth, Hants, United Kingdom. Additional authors for this research include F. Pakes and D. Blackbourn.

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