By Times Staff Thursday, March 31, 2011
As it has since 2008, Tampa remains the second worst city in Florida for fraudulent auto insurance claims. Miami stayed in the top spot and Orlando maintained its third place ranking.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its questionable claims analysis for Florida and found that 22,679 claims were referred to the bureau for further examination last year, a 34 percent increase from 2008. Of those 22,679 questionable claims, 84 percent came from personal automobile policies.
Insurance companies refer cases to the bureau for further review based on possible fraud indicators. In county rankings, Miami-Dade, Hillsborough and Orange took the top three spots respectively in producing the most questionable claims, the report said.
The top reasons for referrals were faked or exaggerated injury followed by staged or caused accident and excessive treatment.
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March 31st, 2011 
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