Sunshine Coast Workers Compensation investigations, Sunshine Coast Workcover investigations, Workers Compensation fraud investigation, Comcare investigation, phone 1300 966 103, 24/7 email us at [email protected]. We experienced Sunshine Coast workers compensation private investigator service, for Workers Compensation surveillance or factual investigations. We are experienced in claim fraud investigations, and due diligence inquiries.
We conduct investigations for both Government insured and the privately insured, including State Workcover insured and Federal Comcare insured. Workers Compensation investigations can be triggered by a large insurance claim exposure, which, if successful, will have a major impact on the profitability or viability of the business for many years. Investigations are also triggered by a suspicion of fraud, either there is suspicion of fraud with the initial claim, or with a subsequent ongoing claim, we are experienced in Sunshine Coast Workers Compensation fraud investigation.
Where there is a suspicion of fraud with a Sunshine Coast Workers Compensation insurance claim, that has been accepted, the government department, or private insurer, doesn't investigate, as they have accepted the claim and have now begun the rehabilitation process, with the objective being one of the four rehabilitation outcomes. Your exposure to the cost of the workers income support, and a future civil claim, is accepted at this point, unless you can show evidence of fraud. Workers Compensation fraud investigation can relate to either the initial claim, or the subsequent recovery (or lack of recovery). Where the original incident, and injury cause, is accepted by all parties our investigations are generally to assist the court to determine the level of compensation someone is entitled to. This is generally done through Workers Compensation surveillance, Workcover surveillance, private investigator surveillance, to compare real world restrictions with claimed restrictions. When you need a Sunshine Coast private investigator, call us.
The evidence of Workers Compensation fraud is generally private investigator surveillance investigations, or factual investigations (interviews, affidavits). We have experienced Sunshine Coast private investigator surveillance operatives available, Workers Compensation private investigator surveillance operatives, as well as factual investigators. Hiring a private investigator is legal. A private workers compensation investigation is legal. The intent of the investigation is to verify a claim, or investigate suspected fraud, not to cause harm.
Within Workers Compensation insurance claims there are some that are legitimate (most), and the injured worker often demonstrates a commitment to return to work procedures, rehabilitation, and maintains contact with the workplace (this is important). Some claims start out as legitimate, but the worker becomes accustomed to no work but paid lifestyle. Some start looking forward to the Compensation pot of gold, and may become 'worse' not better. Some are fraudulent from the start. where you feel fraud is occurring a Workers Compensation fraud investigation, by an experienced Workers Compensation private investigator, may be justified.
Signs of fraud include not being contactable, no witnesses to a strange 'Monday morning' accident, a failure to engage in return to work activities, getting worse when expected to improve, doctor shopping, or a vague injury which keeps changing, and sometimes word may come back to management about activities inconsistent with the claimed restrictions, or people observing the claimant moving without restrictions Friday night, but hobbling when attending work for a couple of hours Monday.
Some workplaces develop a Workers Compensation claim 'problem' when someone successfully claims, whether legitimate or not, and others try to follow suite. Some workers are accidentally employed, who have a history of claims, and manage to aggravate a 'pre-existing' injury. Sometimes someone manages to 'injure' themselves just before a contract expires, or when they have been chastised by management.
As a Workers Compensation private investigator service, Comcare investigators, Workcover investigators, Workers Compensation insurance investigators, we are there to investigate, to gather the evidence, and prepare for court. For every major claim there is generally an accompanying civil action for compensation, current restrictions and future lost earnings. This court case may be years after the accident. This makes preserving evidence critical, and preparation for that future court case a must. It is advisable to engage a private investigator for either surveillance or factual investigations, at the earliest suspicion of Workers Compensation fraud.
When you need to investigate, to gather evidence, prove or disprove a suspicion, or verify a fact, for a Sunshine Coast Workers Compensation insurance claim, call us for a free quote.
