Did you hear the one about cat poop clogging a toilet, resulting in thousands of gallons of sewage water in the home and a big insurance claim?
Lin Werkheiser, an insurance fraud investigator, has heard that one and many more like it.
“Our first question was, ‘How big was the cat?’” said Werkheiser, who led a Coalition Against Insurance Fraud webinar this week on the growing trend of fake or exaggerated water-damage claims across the country.
As director of special investigations for Command Investigations, based in Temecula, California, and Lake Mary, Florida, Werkheiser said a