Back to News
Aviva detects record £230m in bogus insurance claims as use of AI rises
UK NewsBusiness•June 8, 2026 at 6:00 AMNational

Aviva detects record £230m in bogus insurance claims as use of AI rises

By Joanna Partridge•The Guardian - UK News

Insurer found 18,400 suspect claims last year with some scammers using AI to fake accident scenes and documentsBogus insurance claims worth more than £230m were detected by the insurance firm Aviva last year as scammers tried new tricks including using artificial intelligence to fake car accident scenes, documents and to exaggerate damage.The insurer identified more than 18,400 suspect claims across its brands in 2025, with a combined value of £233m. The fraud claims level was a record for the insurer, although this was the first year that it included the Direct Line brands it acquired last summer. Continue reading...

Insurer found 18,400 suspect claims last year with some scammers using AI to fake accident scenes and documents

Bogus insurance claims worth more than £230m were detected by the insurance firm Aviva last year as scammers tried new tricks including using artificial intelligence to fake car accident scenes, documents and to exaggerate damage.

The insurer identified more than 18,400 suspect claims across its brands in 2025, with a combined value of £233m. The fraud claims level was a record for the insurer, although this was the first year that it included the Direct Line brands it acquired last summer.

Continue reading...

Related News

Wayfair among firms fined millions for misleading sales tactics
UK News

Wayfair among firms fined millions for misleading sales tactics

The Competition and Markets Authority has fined Wayfair, Appliances Direct, and Gold's Gym £6m in total.

BBC News - UK37 minutes ago
Russell Brand was ‘ruthless and calculated’, prosecutors tell jury as rape and sexual assault trial begins – live
UK News

Russell Brand was ‘ruthless and calculated’, prosecutors tell jury as rape and sexual assault trial begins – live

Russell Brand back in Southwark crown court today where his rape and sexual assault trial beginsTaking jurors through th...

The Guardian - UK News46 minutes ago
Tinie Tempah says he will finally visit Scunthorpe after campaign by fans
UK NewsEntertainmentShowbizMusicMusic News

Tinie Tempah says he will finally visit Scunthorpe after campaign by fans

Rapper to visit Lincolnshire town 16 years after saying he had never been there in his hit Pass OutThe rapper Tinie Temp...

The Guardian Music47 minutes ago
Burnham rules out deal with Greens as he condemns ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as ‘antisemitic’– UK politics live
UK NewsPolitics

Burnham rules out deal with Greens as he condemns ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as ‘antisemitic’– UK politics live

Prime minister tells PMQs that the Green party motion was ‘wrong’ and says no way Labour would make a dealPMQs is about...

The Guardian - UK News49 minutes ago
Family pays tribute to 'warm and engaging' man killed in tiger attack
UK News

Family pays tribute to 'warm and engaging' man killed in tiger attack

William Chapman was attacked by the tiger after he entered its pen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

BBC News - UK1 hour ago
UK government apologises for past burials of stillborn babies in mass graves
UK NewsPoliticsHealth

UK government apologises for past burials of stillborn babies in mass graves

Yvette Cooper acknowledges ‘unthinkable pain’ caused by practice between 1930s and 1980s after campaign by Wirral woman...

The Guardian - UK News1 hour ago

Featured Artists