Florida City Fights Fake Insurance

By admin | Published: September 30, 2011

The powers-that-be in the Florida city of Hialeah have had enough of drivers who carry fake insurance cards.

This week, they did something about it.

Police were tasked with arresting anyone who, when pulled over, provided a fake insurance card or certificate. The problem of drivers faking insurance is nearly an epidemic in Hialeah, and indeed in all of south Florida, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Drivers with fake insurance cards can dupe cops because it’s difficult for police to verify insurance during routine traffic stops or accident investigation.

On Wednesday, Hialeah police implemented a system whereby insurance company representatives checked every policy number that was radioed back to command center by a police officer during a stop or at the scene of a crash. About 20 insurance companies participated, including major players like Geico, Allstate, State Farm, Nationwide, and Esurance.

The use of fake insurance cards affects everyone, officials say, because the costs that would normally be passed on to a legitimate insurance company are, in the cases of faked insurance, absorbed by legally covered motorists.

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