The Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit of the State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (Fraud Unit) experienced a 61 percent increase in criminal convictions for motor vehicle insurance fraud in 2008 over the previous year. Click here for more…

Even with a law placed into effect two years ago that was intended to stop motorists in California from letting auto insurance policies lapse, still millions of uninsured drivers take to CA roads. Click here for the story.

In a chart pulled from the DirectLink analytics center, the following trend graph shows overall appraisal loss severity by month for “repairable” claims. Severity appeared to drop throughout 2008 while the number of repairable vehicles began to climb between August and September.

Data source:  © 2009, AutoClaims Direct, DirectLink