The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is a

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insurance industry Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

trade association focused on preventing, detecting and defeating

insurance fraud Insurance fraud is any act committed to defraud an insurance process. It occurs when a claimant attempts to obtain some benefit or advantage they are not entitled to, or when an insurer knowingly denies some benefit that is due. According to the ...

and vehicle theft through information analysis, investigations, training, legislative advocacy and public awareness. NICB's headquarters are in

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. Much of NICB's focus is on

motor vehicle theft Motor vehicle theft (also known as a car theft and, in the United States, grand theft auto) is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle. Nationwide in the United States in 2020, there were 810,400 vehicles reporte ...

. It has advocated for better

statutes in the criminal codes drafted by state legislatures. Tools and reports the NICB provides to combat car theft include VINCheck, "a free lookup service provided to the public to assist in determining if a vehicle may have a record of an insurance theft claim", a Report Fraud hotline, and two reports: Hot Wheels, which lists the most commonly stolen vehicles; and Hot Spots, the locations across the United States where auto thefts are most common.

History

NICB was formed in 1992 by a merger of the National Automobile Theft Bureau (NATB) and the Insurance Crime Prevention Institute (ICPI), both of which were

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. NATB, founded in the early 20th century, managed vehicle theft investigations and developed vehicle theft databases for use by the

. ICPI investigated

for approximately 20 years before joining with the NATB to form the National Insurance Crime Bureau. NICB is supported by more than 1,100 property and casualty

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and self-insured companies dedicated to combating

and

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. David J. Glawe is the current

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and

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of NICB.

References

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