UK research into Fraud reveals that:

• At least 10% of general insurance claims are fraudulent 1
   
• Some 48% of people would not rule out making a fraudulent claim and 37% would not rule out actually making up a totally false claim 2
   
• Of around 450,000 vehicles stolen in UK every year, over 40% are never recovered 3
   
• The Home Office estimates that 1 in 5 cars were reported stolen but really were disposed of in some other way to facilitate an insurance fraud 4
   
• A fraudulent debit/credit card transaction takes place every 7 seconds 5
   
• In October 2005, some 2.8 million people were entitled to incapacity benefit but only 700,000 were entitled to the equivalent 25 years ago – despite improvements to health, health and safety and general working conditions 6