National Insurance Crime Bureau

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is a U.S. insurance industry trade association focused on preventing, detecting and defeating insurance fraud and vehicle theft through information analysis, investigations, training, legislative advocacy and public awareness.

It has advocated for better insurance fraud statutes in the criminal codes drafted by state legislatures.

Tools and reports the NICB provides to combat car theft include VINCheck, "a free lookup service provided to the public to assist in determining if a vehicle may have a record of an insurance theft claim",[3] a Report Fraud hotline,[4] and two reports: Hot Wheels, which lists the most commonly stolen vehicles;[5] and Hot Spots, the locations across the United States where auto thefts are most common.

[6] NICB was formed in 1992 by a merger of the National Automobile Theft Bureau (NATB) and the Insurance Crime Prevention Institute (ICPI), both of which were not-for-profit organizations.

[2] David J. Glawe is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of NICB.