Fraud doesn’t always look suspicious, until you analyse the patterns.
I recently worked on a Vehicle Insurance Claim Fraud Analysis case study where the goal was simple:
👉 identify hidden risk signals and process gaps that allow fraudulent claims to slip through.
🔍 The problem
Insurance teams deal with thousands of claims, but:
• Fraud is often buried inside normal-looking transactions
• Manual checks miss systemic weaknesses, not just bad actors
• High-risk signals are rarely quantified clearly
So I approached this as a real-world fraud analyst, not just a dashboard exercise.
🛠️ What I did (end-to-end)
Using Excel analysis, I:
• Cleaned and structured claim-level data
• Defined fraud-focused KPIs, not vanity metrics
• Built an interactive dashboard with slicers to simulate decision-making
📊 Core KPIs tracked
• Fraud Rate (%)
• Total Fraud Cases
• Average Driver Risk Rating (Fraud)
• Police Report Gap (%) - fraud claims filed without police reports
🚨 Key insights discovered
• Fraud concentration varied strongly by vehicle price band, not just volume
• Certain vehicle categories consistently showed higher fraud exposure
• An alarming 97%+ of fraudulent claims lacked police reports, highlighting a major verification gap
• Driver risk ratings provided early signals that could support preventive controls
These insights aren’t theoretical, they point directly to where insurers are leaking money.
💡 Business impact (how this helps)
This type of analysis helps organisations:
• Flag high-risk claims earlier
• Strengthen fraud prevention rules
• Improve compliance and documentation checks
• Reduce payout losses without increasing manual workload
🧠 Tools & skills applied
Excel (Advanced Pivot Analysis)
Fraud & Risk Analytics
Dashboard Storytelling
Business Intelligence Thinking
I’m building and sharing real fraud analytics case studies as I continue to grow in this space, focusing on credit card, insurance, and transaction fraud.
If you’re a:
• Fraud / Risk Manager
• Insurance or FinTech team
• Founder needing data-driven fraud insights
I’m open to conversations and collaboration.
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