INSURANCE FRAUD AS A FORM OF ECONOMIC CRIME AND THE METHODS FOR COMBATING IT

Teodora Čordarov; Marija Malinović; Mladen Ćeranić

doi:10.5937/ptp2302124C

Authors

Teodora Čordarov PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8951-6956
Marija Malinović PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia
Mladen Ćeranić PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ptp2302124C

Keywords:

economic crime, insurance fraud, the Law on Insurance, the Criminal Code, Republic of Serbia

Abstract

Dealing with the topic of economic crime in insurance is very complex and therefore challenging. One of the first challenges concerns the definition of economic crime. Namely, economic crime represents a multi-layered phenomenon which must, in terms of the definition of the basic features, be adapted to the specific requirements of a given society. One of the forms of economic crime, which is very common in practice, certainly refers to abuse in the field of insurance. The most common, and at the same time the only form of economic crime in the field of insurance foreseen by law, is insurance fraud. After the conceptual determination of economic crime as well as its basic features, this paper presents a review of the key issues related to the topic of the paper, which includes the phenomenological definition of insurance, the importance of the existence of insurance, insurance fraud as a form of economic crime, as well as the methods for combating it.

Author Biographies

Teodora Čordarov, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia

Marija Malinović, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia

Mladen Ćeranić , PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia

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