As a crime, however, evidence shows that insurance fraud in wealthy nations is increasing, with many governments running public awareness campaigns to deter potential fraudsters and appeal to the public to report any suspicious claims.
Very often insurance companies and investigators will study medical reports and history to eliminate this possibility, as well as searching for evidence of previous claims or accidents.
[3] Between 1927 and 1937 the insurance investigator Miles Bredon appeared on a series of novels by the British author Ronald Knox.
Employed by the large London-based Indescribable Insurance Company, Bredon is frequently called in to fix puzzling cases as one of the Golden Age Detectives.
[4] Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, which aired on the CBS Radio Network from 1949 to 1962, featured "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account – America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator."