Investigations for the Insurance Industry

SIU Support Services

The insurance and investigative industries can prove to be a successful partnership in settling, reducing and combating fraudulent claims.

Our investigations provide you with the written and visual documentation needed for various stages in the claim process: initial determination of compensability or validity, continued compensability, or abuse of benefits /fraud.

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Workers Compensation-Surveillance is utilized to determine claimant's present activities and physical capacities in relation to the claimed injury using photographic and video equipment. Also background research is conducted relevant to past and present claim history.

Liability-Investigation of accident in all areas of liability. Investigation includes: background (claim, work, and asset history), interviews of witnesses, and surveillance to determine current activities and physical capabilities of the claimant

Personal Injury-Investigation and research into claimant's financial and claim history. Also current activities are documented to determine validity of the claim.

Fire/Theft/Burglary-Investigation and research, including cause and origin, to determine the validity of the claim.  Also includes claimant's financial stability

Statements-Written or recorded interviews conducted in relation to the claim.

Activity Check-Discreet canvass of the claimant's neighborhood in an effort to conduct inquiries of the claimant's day to day activities.

Continuation of Disability Check (Alive & Well)-We will make personal contact with the claimant to determine if any significant change has occurred, (death, marriage, etc.).

Accident Reconstruction-Investigation into all aspects of accidents which include surveying and photographing accident scene.

Initial Contact Investigation-Telephone or personal contact is made within 24 hrs. of claimed injury or incident to obtain statement(s) and/or photos.