insurance fraud theme
A character fakes or deliberately causes an injury or loss of property in order to illicitly get compensation from an insurance company.
Examples
In "Double Indemnity" (1944), Walter and Phyllis hatch an elaborate plot to kill Phyllis' husband and claim his life insurance, which they first take out in his name but without his knowledge. They must then make the murder look like an accident, in order to trigger the indemnity clause and double the payout.
23 total · 4 choice · 6 major · 13 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp1x04 | choice | Frank and Mildred hatched an elaborate plot to defraud their life insurance company. |
| ahp2x22 | choice | The story concerned a woman who had suspiciously collected two life insurances for late husbands, and a man who had done the same for four late wives. |
| ahp7x19 | choice | Pedro pretended to be paralyzed in order to cash in on insurance. |
| as1985e1x15 | choice | The story turns on a group of friends conspiring to murder an alcoholic old man in order to collect on a life insurance policy they'd taken out on him for just that purpose. |
| ahp2x04 | major | Fitzhugh and Katherine plotted to burn down their house and feign Fitzhugh's death in order to claim cash in on Fitzhugh's life insurance. |
| ahp4x17 | major | Jan let Mel convince her to have her unprofitable shop torched in order to collect insurance. |
| movie: Double Indemnity (1944) | major | The story centered around insurance frauds. |
| nightgallery2x17a | major | Charlie Rogan was convinced that Joe Melcor faked paralysis in order to scam a corporation out of $500,000 is a court settlement. |
| talesoftheunexpected6x12 | major | Roger, his wife Mary, and Joan defrauded an insurance company. |
| tftc1989e3x03 | major | The story centers around Lou, Irene, and his coroner brother Billy prematurely cashing in on Lou's $500,000 life insurance policy by elaborately faking his death. |