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Manitoba Public Insurance releases top five fraud list of 2020 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Posted on 12/30/2020 at 9:00 am While the COVID pandemic disrupted much of normal goings-on in our province, fraudsters didn’t miss a beat in their efforts to defraud Manitoba Public Insurance and its customers. This year’s Top 5 Fraud list highlights bogus claims, the effective use of forensic tools and astute MPI staff. “MPI releases its annual top five fraud list to raise awareness about the costs related to auto insurance fraud – about $50 per customer yearly,” said MPI’s Chief Operating...

  WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Public Insurance shared its annual Top Five Fraud list which focuses on the insurance company catching people who tried to make what it calls "bogus claims." "MPI releases its annual top five fraud list to raise awareness about the costs related to auto insurance fraud – about $50 per customer yearly," said Curtis Wennberg, who is the chief operating officer for MPI, in a news release. At the top of the list is an incident where MPI said a man reported that his new trailer had been stolen from a community in rural Manitoba. BURNED-OUT TRAILER FOUND OUTSIDE TOWN

Article content One of the few things this year that has proven to be pandemic proof has been insurance fraud. Manitoba Public Insurance’s Special Investigations Unit uncovered more than $13 million in fraudulent claims through November, an increase of about $3 million over the same time period in 2019. For the average policy-holder, this works out to about $50 in savings per year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. MPI’s SIU finds more than $13M in fraudulent claims Back to video The types of frauds do not change from year-to-year, wheth...