Special Investigation Unit
Paycodes/Documents
First Contact/Payments
Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
Subrogation
100

Insurance fraud cost the insurance industry an estimated _______ a year. 

$160 Billion

100

If you received a letter of representation, where do you go to add them to the claim?

Parties involved, add them as an associated party under the contact they are respresenting.

100

If you are on a call with a claimant, navigator is running and the calls disconnected. You attempted to call the customer back but no one answered. What do you do next? 

Stop Auto Play and document that the line disconnected

100

If the insured is using their Uninsured Motorist coverage who would be marked as the CBP in Claim IQ?

The Claimant

100

Claimant Bill Gates who is insured by Billco Insurance CO is responsible for our insured Bill Clinton damages. When completing the responsible party details page who would be selected as the responsible party? 

Bill Gates

200

What are the  two types of fraud concerns

Opportunistic and Organized Fraud

200

What type of paycode would you assign to a claim reported by a lien holder who indicated they repossessed the insureds vehicle?

Inspect Only

200

The claimant called in to make first contact on a claim reported by the insured. Based on the contact information entered, ATLAS performs a data prefill search and displays the results on the "reconcile Data Search Response page. What should you do with this information? 

Confirm that all the information is correct with the claimant before updating the prefill information

200

Use Knowledge Tool to determine if UM or UIM coverage is available in the state you are handling by going to what page?

States Basic Page

200

The packet of information requesting payment for damages paid by one insurance carrier but owed by another is called what?

Demands

300

What are the 3 elements of fraud

A Lie

The intent to lie

The person benefits from the lie. If they are truthful they will not benefit

300

If you receive a call from the insured that they received a notice to file suit, what department would you assign the claim to?

Casualty 

300

If the insured is represented by an attorney what would you update the First Contact Status Indicator to?

Contact Attorney

300

What is the UMPD Limit for Alaska?

How much is the deductible? 

Is a police report required?

$25,000.00

$250.00

Yes - for hit and run within 24 hours

300

Adverse carriers that are part of Arbitration Forums are called?

Signatory Carriers

400

Before sending the referral for SIU what 5 things must be completed. 

  • Make contact with the parties involved.

  • Compare details with all parties involved.

  • Verify information provided on police report.

  • Do the damages match the accident description?

  • If you become suspicious, get SIU involved ASAP!

400

A legal process involving checks that are not cashed within 180 days of issuance.

Escheat

400

If the claim is reported by the insureds spouse Mrs Money, what would you update the first contact status to for Mr. Money?

First Contact completed

400

In order to determine if the claim qualifies as an Uninsured or Underinsured Motorist claim, you will need to determine and/or confirm these 4 things

Determine fault

Verify Damages (including injuries)

Identify the Claimant

Verify Claimant coverage

400

What does R.I.D.E. stand for?

R - Recorded interviews on every claim

I - ISO documents

D- Data Prefill

E- Evidence for liability

500

How do you locate the SIU adjuster contact information? 

From the claims details page, select the SIU case number located on the right side of the page.



500

Before issuing a payment, what 3 things need to be determine?

  • If valid Coverage is available for the loss with sufficient limits
  • Who is Liable for a loss
  • The Damages caused by the accident
500

If you need to make additional phone calls related to the claim you are handling what code would you place your phone in 

File Handling 

500

Three things to consider when identifying if Underinsured Motorist coverage are?

  1. The severity of the injury sustained by the injured party
  2. The limits of the adverse carrier*
  3. A Letter of Representation presents a claim for Underinsured Motorist
500

When contacting the adverse carrier what 3 disposition questions are you gong to ask?

What is the coverage status

What is the Liability decision

Has the adverse carrier advanced our insureds deductible

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