Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Insurance Fraud: Discussion
Mr. Pat Lordan:
This is a matter that arose several times at the cost of insurance working group. There were different versions of how it was reported. In some cases, it was reported to the Director of Public Prosecutions and other times to the local Garda station. We told the industry that if the insurer's solicitor is in court and is aware of the facts, the company should be reporting it as a fraudulent claim. We do not have a garda in court to witness what goes on there. The onus should be on the solicitor or representative of the insurance company who is in the court to identify a potentially fraudulent case. We are getting some of those.
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