The Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts is a unique and multifaceted investigative agency dedicated to the systematic elimination of fraudulent insurance transactions. Authorized by an Act of the Massachusetts Legislature and signed into law in 1990, the Insurance Fraud Bureau undertakes cases for investigation and preparation for criminal prosecution.

The Bureau is wholly funded by the insurance industry in Massachusetts. In addition to investigators, the I.F.B. has a research division, a legal division and an administrative division.

Insurance Fraud Bureau personnel work with insurance companies' claim and investigative staffs, local, state and federal police departments and agencies in other states to accomplish our mission of prevention, investigation and prosecution of fraudulent insurance activity.

Ref: Created by Chapter 338 of The Massachusetts Acts of 1990 and Amended by Section 99 of Chapter 398 of The Massachusetts Acts of 1991 and Section 13 of Chapter 427 of   The Massachusetts Acts of 1996.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau shall engage in communications aimed at informing the public of its activities to prevent, detect and aid in the prosecution of fraudulent insurance transactions and to solicit public assistance and cooperation in executing its mission.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau will receive notice of suspected fraudulent insurance activity from insurance companies, insurance agents, professional associations and their members, law enforcement groups, and the public, as well as from its own initiatives. The mission of the Insurance Fraud Bureau will be carried out through investigation of cases which are determined to have the highest probability of successful criminal prosecution.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau shall engage in investigations spanning all lines of insurance. Primary attention shall focus on matters involving automobile and workers' compensation insurance claims as these areas can have a significant beneficial impact on insurance costs in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.