Extra detectives to be recruited to tackle insurance fraud in England and Wales.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has confirmed extra investment in the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) of the City of London Police Unit.
The organisation has committed to investing a further £11.7m over three years in the unit dedicated to tackling insurance fraud in England and Wales.
The funds will be used to expand the work of IFED with more detectives joining the 38-strong team.
The funding decision has come midway through IFED's third year in operation. Since inception it has made 430 arrests and brought to justice 223 insurance fraudsters by securing police cautions and court convictions.
City of London Police Commissioner, Adrian Leppard, said: "Since IFED's birth we have time and again delivered on our pledge to make England and Wales a more hostile environment to perpetrate insurance fraud.
"With every scam investigated, arrest made and conviction secured we have made it more difficult for fraudsters to operate and sent a strong message that insurance fraud is a crime and that there are serious consequences for those who commit it."
He added: "The decision by members of the ABI to extend and increase IFED's funding over the next three years provides further industry recognition that we have delivered both for the insurance industry and for the public."
