Keoghs: Insurance fraud spreading beyond city walls
The tough economic climate and improving fraud investigation techniques have resulted in a significant increase in suspicious claims across England and Wales, according to Keoghs.
The law firm's latest annual fraud index has fund that motor fraud is spreading across the country to affect areas that it has not previously considered to be a risk.
The postcode areas that have
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