NY Daily News: Faked Car Crashes Jacking Up NY Insurance Rates

An increase in auto insurance fraud helped push New York’s already sky-high rates up 4% last year, the Daily News has learned:

“The Legislature must ensure the Health Department moves to crack down on criminal doctors, and give prosecutors powerful new tools to go after …those who stage accidents.”

New York drivers face the third-highest car insurance rates in the nation, paying an average of about $1,200 a year for coverage.

In many cases, experts say, accidents are staged and corrupt clinics submit fraudulent claims for treatment that was either not performed – or not needed.

Most of those staged accidents occur in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, according to industry experts and state officials. The industry estimates fraud cost insurers and drivers more than $241 million last year.

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