Virginia Fraud Bill Gains Traction in Senate

A bill to make insurance fraud a specific crime in Virginia gained momentum with the Senate's unanimous passage of a tough proposal, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud reported this week. Virginia is one of just four states without an insurance-fraud law. SB 497 cleared a key committee and the full Senate in just two days. The Senate on Friday signed off without dissent, and the bill is headed to the House of Delegates for committee review. The coalition's Government Affairs Director Howard Goldblatt wrote the Senate committee, call for their support of SB 497. "Insurance fraud laws ...