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| Sanlam General Insurance |
Insurance Crime detectives attached
to the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) have nipped in the bud a Nairobi
Businessman’s attempt to defraud more than Kshs 200 million from Sanlam General
Insurance.
In a major breakthrough against
insurance claim fraudsters, Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit (IFIU)
Detectives, investigating a suspicious claim lodged by businessman Mr. Anthony
Maina Kiama (29) are now set to arraign the suspect in court in coming days and
are awaiting directions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
(ODPP).
According to the investigative team,
the suspect had lodged a Kshs 204million claim with Sanlam General Insurance,
purporting that Afroplast Industries based in Thika had lost its manufacturing
machines in a fire incident last year.
“Investigations, however established
that this was a fraudulent claim, as the machines destroyed in a fire incident
in Thika, belonged to a different entity registered as Josmak Company Limited,”
IFIU detective Peter Ewoi confirmed, adding that, “We have prepared the
necessary files which have been forwarded to the ODPP for direction.”
While welcoming the investigative
breakthrough, Sanlam Kenya Group CEO, Mr. Patrick Tumbo said the firm has
enhanced its internal fraud management systems to guard against the growing
cases of fraudulent claims.
“Fraud is an industry wide problem
that continues to reduce operational profit and erode shareholder returns and
we appreciate the support from IFIU. At Sanlam Kenya, we are now vetting claims
lodged with us, more stringently to weed out unscrupulous ones. Vetting is
necessary though it may slightly lengthen the period leading to settlement, but
we believe this is the price that we must pay to deal with fraud instances. We
remain committed to ensuring that our customers receive exceptional service,”
Tumbo said.
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