There were almost 130,000 cases of detected claims fraud in 2014 totalling over £1.3bn, a 4% increase in value compared to 2013. In addition there were 212,000 cases of application fraud.
Detected fraudulent motor claims were the most common, 67,000 in the year, and valued at £837m.
Up 25% since 2013, 19,800 liability claims were detected as fraudulent, and valued at £343m.