insurance fraud

English

Noun

insurance fraud (countable and uncountable, plural insurance frauds)

1. (law) Receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation.

   Some people have committed insurance fraud by setting their houses on fire and claiming that the fire was an accident.

Translations

receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation

• Finnish: vakuutuspetos (fi)
• French: fraude à l’assurance f
• German: Versicherungsbetrug (de) m
• Hungarian: biztosítási csalás
• Italian: frode assicurativa f
• Polish: oszustwo ubezpieczeniowe m
• Portuguese: fraude de seguro f
• Spanish: fraude de seguro m
• Turkish: sigorta dolandırıcılığı