Scams, Fiddles and Honest Claims

Scams, Fiddles and Honest Claims

Scams, Fiddles and Honest Claims

Encountering big lies, little lies and hand-on-heart honesty, this observational documentary follows the stories behind the claims and asks: who is telling the truth?

With one in ten adults admitting to having made a fraudulent claim on a general insurance policy, such as home or motor insurance (source: Association of British Insurers May 2007), insurance companies are on their guard.

From householders spilling paint on worn-out carpets (one of the top insurance frauds), to criminal gangs staging accidents on Britain's roads, it's an insurance investigator's job to decide who is telling lies and who is telling the truth.

And there's a lot at stake if they decide fraud has been committed...

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