What we do

First Party Fraud

While the majority of fraudulent insurance claims are brought by third party claimants, there are numerous cases in which the policyholder or insured brings a suspect claim. In the current economic climate, these claims have seen a significant increase.

Keoghs first party fraud unit couples the breadth of our expertise as the UK’s leading provider of counter-fraud services with the knowledge, skills and experience of our highly regarded commercial insurance litigation lawyers to offer insurers a ‘holistic’ approach to this issue.

Our particular expertise lies in handling suspicious commercial and household property, personal accident and high-value motor claims – where the potential fraud savings from taking on just a few cases can be considerable.

Exploring a range of resolution strategies
The unit offers our clients significant benefits including:

A range of resolution strategies – the make-up of our team enables us to resolve cases using either fraud or breach of policy arguments (or a combination of the two) to maximise fraud savings.
Commercial and compliant advice – our team is used to handling commercially sensitive cases on behalf of insurers and provide advice which takes into account the potential financial, reputational and compliance risks.
Intelligence capability – like all of our counter-fraud services, our first party fraud unit is supported by the largest intelligence unit in the market. By using intelligence from the outset of the case, we can make more informed decisions on case strategy.
Punishment and deterrents – Keoghs are experienced in pursuing civil sanctions against fraudsters in order to punish and deter offenders. Indeed we are the most successful firm in the market in obtaining exemplary damages.