Eleanor Kitzman, commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance, and Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos
NU Online News Service, May 14, 11:31 a.m. EDT
The heat is getting turned up on fraudsters in Texas as the state’s Department of Insurance is backing the designation of a second county insurance fraud prosecutor and investigator with the aim of adding more in the future.
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has agreed to pay for a new insurance fraud prosecutor and investigator at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
Mark Hanna, spokesman for the Texas Committee of Insurance Fraud and the Insurance Council of Texas, says Harris County, home to Houston, has been a “hot bed of insurance fraud of all kinds” from auto insurance to workers’ compensation.
“I know there are lots of insurance companies who are very happy to have someone to turn to—someone who speaks their language and will not file away their concerns because the resources don’t exist,” says Hanna. “We’ve needed someone dedicated to insurance fraud at the attorney’s office for a long time.”
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