Studies have indicated that fraud and related business abuses have sky rocketed. Although fraud is often perpetrated by individuals outside your company, one of the largest segments responsible for these losses comes from inside your company. In fact, internal theft and white-collar crime is one of the biggest threats to business today.
To counter such trends, many companies turn to Loss Prevention Associates for investigations of questionable insurance claims, employee theft from both businesses and personnel, and external theft from customers. We utilize vast experienced investigators and proven techniques to unearth the facts of the claim and present them in a manner that is comprehensive, documented and understandable. Whether the case involves workers' compensation, kickbacks, accounting abuses, disability, property, casualty or product liability claims, we are prepared to respond.
Claims Investigations
We have the specialized experience and techniques to effectively investigate any type of claim. We begin with a thorough preliminary investigation, followed by surveillance documented with admissible videotape. Accurate and timely reports and expert, credible testimony protects our clients against fraudulent claims of all types, including:
* Workers' Compensation. We assist employers, insurance companies and third-party administrators by obtaining positive identification of claimant, investigating eligibility and restrictions adherence, conducting activity checks and doing surveillance to determine post-accident activities. Medical record research, financial and operating history round out our investigation.
# Liability Cases. Investigations are conducted to verify the validity of a claim and determine the mitigating factors. These investigations are could include, but are not limited to products, auto and professional insurance
# Malpractice. We conduct interviews of everyone connected with the alleged malpractice including professionals and character witnesses.
# Theft/burglary. Whether a specific incident or an ongoing problem, these problems can be solved with vulnerability assessment, tracking, tracing and recovery plans.
# Discrepancy Death Claims. These are investigated by checking health history prior to policy issue, personal habits, status of beneficiary and alleged dependents. Experts in the field investigate absentee cases where the presumption of death exists.
# Disability Claims. These require the development of information covering financial background, other policies in force, and current activities determining the circumstances and extent of injury or loss.
# Employee Defalcation / Theft. These investigations involve an interview with witnesses and subjects in order to ascertain all relevant facts of the case. Then interviews are held with the subjects allowing for a complete confession and possible prosecution at the request of the client. These investigations could include company funds, accounting issues, product or stock theft, and could involve outside parties not associated with the client's organization.