The overwhelming majority of individuals working for insurance coverage corporations, third-party directors, impartial adjustment companies, and engineering companies are sincere and hardworking people who need the insurance coverage product to work correctly. Those similar folks hate to listen to and see cases of fraud and improper claims conduct by anyone—together with claims managers and others they work with.
As I famous in Insurance Company Corrupt Claims Culture Exposed by Washington Post, Washington Post journalist Brianna Sacks might solely write her article exposing wrongful claims practices in Florida as a result of folks working inside the insurance coverage claims trade disclosed details about these wrongful practices.
If you’re employed for an insurer, third-party administrator, engineering agency, or impartial adjusting agency and witness unlawful acts which end in underpayment to policyholders, the American Policyholders Association (APA) has arrange a whistleblower program and portal with a devoted and skilled trade workers particular person the place these unlawful acts could be reported. While there may be the portal and an electronic mail deal with to report these acts, Larry Burtis, whose cell is (612) 669-1460, heads up this program for the APA.
I wish to encourage these of you working within the insurance coverage trade to share this publish with others who could also be in the identical footwear as you—working for an unethical boss or a claims administration that has give you unlawful claims dealing with strategies. I do know there are various of you who’re sick and uninterested in claims managers’ latest claims processes which are unethical and unlawful however have no idea what you are able to do about it.
Thought For The Day
The function of whistleblowing is to show secret and wrongful acts by these in energy in an effort to allow reform.
—Glenn Greenwald