Bogus claims sees marked fall in Co Longford

According to its own set of recorded figures, the Bureau received a total of 14 claims from Longford between January and July, down from the 18 claims it had received by the end of July 2017.

The figures concentrated chiefly on uninsured or untraced vehicles in the county during the first seven months of 2018.

Bureau officials say the fall-off was largely due to the introduction of a new strategy designed to make it as difficult as possible for fraudulent claims to succeed.

Part of this focus included measures to put the full weight of the MIBI’s internal and external resources behind investigating suspicious claims, working hand in hand with the Gardaí to look into these cases as well as legally contesting such claims and bringing them to trial to be scrutinised by the full power of the courts.

"It is positive to see that the number of claims from Longford is starting to reduce," said Chief Executive of the MIBI, David Fitzgerald.

"Admittedly these figures represent only a snapshot in time and some of the county by county numbers are too small to draw any significant conclusions from.

"However, considering these statistics cover over half a year’s worth of data, they are a useful barometer of the general MIBI claims’ environment and this shows a noteworthy drop in the total number of claims. "

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