Some £1.16 billion worth of fraudulent general insurance claims were identified in 2024 – a 2% increase on the £1.14 billion detected the previous year – according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Insurers uncovered over 98,400 fraud-related claims in 2024, a 12% rise from 88,100 in 2023, according to the ABI’s figures.

Some 51,700 motor insurance scams worth £576 million were detected. This is 5% more than in 2023 and equates to more than half (53%) of detected bogus claims last year.