La fraude à l'assurance et sa prévention par les compagnies privées

In: Déviance et société, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 185-200

Abstract

The author proposes an examination, based on empirical data collected from courts, Swiss and Canadian insurers and organizations dedicated to fraud prevention, of the means activated by private insurance companies to combat insurance fraud. After firstly having depicted the prevailing situation in Switzerland and Canada, the author then uncovers the basic tenets of the insurance companies' general policies regarding private security in the two countries. The author then tries to discover the guiding logic of the companies and to assess it when compared to the one governing the judicial system. Finally, the author suggests some adaptations that seem necessary to overcome the inconsistencies between the two.