Police chief to head insurance fraud unit

From January, Detective Chief Inspector David Wood will be heading a team of 35 specialist fraud detectives and financial investigators that will target a crime valued at £2bn per year. As reported in Cover in July, the unit will be funded by members of the Association of British Insurers at a cost of £3m per year over a three-year period. The unit will retain operational independence to target the organised and opportunist fraudsters at the heart of this type of fraud. DCI Wood's team will work closely with the force's own National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and its surveillance and foren...