Ohio Gets New Fraud Chief

Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington announced the appointment of Robert F. Smith to coordinate the Department's investigation of insurance-related, white-collar crime as the Department's Chief of Fraud and Enforcement, "one of the top positions in the Department's Investigative and Licensing Services Office." "Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime," said the bulletin. It costs American families nearly $1,000 each year. "Last year 60 cases investigated by the Department were referred for prosecution resulting in 36 criminal convictions." Sue Stead, OID Assistant Director of Investi...