Program

Listen to presentations by top speakers on the newest trends in insurance fraud. Talk to the leading experts and specialists from all lines or business to stay ahead of fraud schemes. Meet insurance colleagues and investigators to chat about your daily work.

Face Recognizer – a new method of fraud detection
Prof. Meike Ramon, Head of Applied Face Recognition Lab, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

 

International Police Association – Friendship, Policing, Network
Oliver Hoffmann, Vice President IPA (International Police Association) Europe & Head of Department, State Bureau of Investigation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany

 

The Balance of Technology and People in Fraud Detection
The UK Fraud Risks and Industry Approach
Scott Clayton, Head of Claims Fraud, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd., London, UK

 

Assessing witness credibility
Analysis and evaluation of witness statements during fraud investigations
Angelo Biondo, Senior Coordinator Assistant Chief, Ministry of Interior — Department of Public Security, Perugia, Italy

 

Property Fire Investigations
Rune S. Nielsen, Technical, Forensic Investigator, Gjensidige Insurance, Norway

 

When trust becomes a currency: The silent alliance of money laundering and insurance fraud
Matthias Kiener, Partner, Director Forensics, Forvis Mazars, Bern, Switzerland

 

Identity theft, fake identities and the misuse of personal information: understanding and mitigation the risks
Annika Almquist, Investigator, Gjensidige Försäkring, Malmö, Sweden

 

Investigative Techniques and addressing Cognitive Bias
Dr. Ivar Fashing, Detective Chief Superintendent / Associate Professor, Norwegian Police University College, Oslo, Norway

 

The use of Surveillance in Life Insurance
Eivind Sverdrup, Investigator, DNB Life Insurance, Bergen, Norway

 

Datarecoder in clearance of fraudulent Incidents
Prof. Dr. Michael Weyde, Officially appointed and sworn expert for accident data analysis and reconstruction, Priester & Weyde, Berlin, Germany

 

Welfare Crime and its broader implications
Ronja Wildenstam, Senior Legal Advisor (Crime and Damage Prevention) & Vice Chairman of the Pension Claims Committee (PSK), Svensk Försäkring / Insurance Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Fraud Prevention
The benefits of moving more fraud controls to the front end of the process value chain
How data sharing can benefit preventing fraud
Ben Fletcher, Director of Fraud and Financial Crime, Allianz, Bournemouth, UK

 

Insurance and Health Care Fraud Litigation
Health care fraud schemes in the US and analytics used to identify the schemes
Ross O. Silverman, Senior Counsel and Co-Chair, Insurance and Health Care Fraud Litigation Department, Kattan, Chicago, USA

 

Document forensics
Fake documents and technical solutions to detect fraud cases
Dr. Lars Winterfeld, Managing Director, ICO-LUX GmbH, Jena, Germany

 

The complexities of International Investigations
Challenges and Solutions
Bobby Gracey, Group Head of Counter Fraud, Charles Taylor, London, UK

 

Legal aspects in cross border fraud
Michele Martin, Partner, Kahana Feld Attorneys, San Diego, USA
Emeric Desnoix, Esq., Avocat, Cabinets d’Avocats, Tours, France

 

News from Coalition against Insurance Fraud and the National Insurance Crime Bureau
Daniel G. Abbott, Vice President of Partner Engagement and Member Services, National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), Oak Brook, USA
Michelle Rafeld, Executive Director, Coalition against Insurance Fraud, Columbus, USA

 

Summary of the last Global Insurance Fraud Summit and outlook of GIFS future activities
Matthew J. Smith, Esq., President, Insurance Law Services, Inc., Daytona Beach, USA
Dennis Toomey, Director, Fraud and Financial Crimes, PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, Boston, USA