Every day someone in California gets away with insurance fraud, in part because the funding system for the state’s anti-fraud unit hasn’t changed substantially in 34 years.
California Department of Insurance’s Sacramento regional anti-fraud unit, which covers San Joaquin County, said it would have needed 174 extra agents to handle all the cases brought to them last year.
They operate in triage mode, choosing only the most serious crimes.
One out of every four investigator jobs at the Department of Insurance is unfilled; Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says he’s lacked the revenue to hire them.
