Suva detects 16 percent more cases of fraud in 2023 than in 2022
Published: Wednesday, Apr 17th 2024, 10:40
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Suva uncovered 939 cases of insurance fraud in 2023. This is 16 percent more than in the previous year. The accident insurer was thus able to save 32.6 million francs.
The trend in fraud cases shows that actively combating fraud is more important than ever, Suva announced on Wednesday. Insurance fraud harms honest premium payers and costs the Swiss economy millions of francs every year.
In 2023, Suva investigated 2969 suspected cases, according to the press release. Almost one in three cases was confirmed as fraud. Suva has been systematically combating insurance fraud since 2007 and says it has been able to save over CHF 272 million since then.
According to Suva, the abuse is uncovered with the help of data analyses or case forecasts, for example. If there are reasonable grounds for suspicion, Suva explains that it deploys insurance investigators as a last resort. It also carries out company audits.
According to Suva, insurance fraud occurs when insured companies, injured persons or service providers evade insured premiums or deliberately draw insurance money wrongly.
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