Section 158(6) of the MV Act requires the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station to forward the FIR to the insurers and Claims Tribunal having jurisdiction within thirty days.
Fraud management is essential to ensure only genuine claims are settled. Some of the steps taken in fraud management include: i. Appointment of investigator; ii. Photograph of victim; iii. Panchnama and Seizure report; iv. Identity of witness; v. The Motor Vehicle Inspectors (MVI) report
Wrongful gain is the gain by unlawful means, of property, to which the person so gaining is not legally entitled. Wrongful loss is the loss by unlawful means, of property, to which the person losing it is legally entitled.
Section 464 of IPC provides that a person is said to make a false document, who dishonestly or fraudulently makes, signs, seals or executes a document or part of document or who, without lawful authority, dishonestly, fraudulently, by cancellation of otherwise, alters a document in any material part thereof or who makes a false document, which dishonestly or fraudulently causes any person to sign, seal, execute or alter.
Types of fraud in Motor Insurance include: i. Conversion of Non-Road Traffic Accidents; ii. Conversion of Medical Cases for Wrongful Gain; iii. Frauds in Road Accidents; iv. Multiple cases