Combatting fraud

Ekelmans Advocaten appoints Sanne van der Salm as Lawyer-Partner

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With effect from 1 January 2025, Sanne van der Salm has been appointed partner at Ekelmans Advocaten. Sanne has been with our firm for 9 years as a lawyer specialising in insurance and liability law. She acts as a fraud specialist for health and non-life insurers in often media-sensitive cases. We are very pleased that Sanne is now part of our partner group.

Sanne heads Ekelmans Advocaten’s fraud practice. With a proven track record, she protects (health) insurers against fraudulent claims and unjustified payouts. In addition, she advises insurers on fraud prevention and an effective approach to fraud management. She also assists insurers in disability and general liability cases.

“I see a bright future for our firm with Sanne as a partner” says Jan Ekelmans. “She excels not only in identifying and dismantling complex fraud schemes for clients but also in strategic approach. Her dedication and personality are a jewel for our office”.

In addition to her work as a lawyer, Sanne is involved in the development of industry-wide policy and self-regulation around fraud. She is also a lecturer at the professional fraud coordinator training courses required for registration in the Register of Fraud Control Coordinators, provided by insurance industry educational organisations NIBE-SVV and SPV.

“I am extremely looking forward to continuing to build on Ekelmans Advocaten’s strong insurance and liability practice as a partner, together with our expert team. In doing so, I aim to provide optimal support to insurers, where quality, customisation and a personal approach are key,”says Sanne.

More information?

Want to know more about Sanne van der Salm and her expertise? For more information, view her profileSanne van der Salm on our website.

Sanne excels not only in identifying and dismantling complex fraud schemes for clients but also in strategic approaches.

Combatting Fraud

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Tackling fraud with a serious, thorough approach

Losses due to fraud can run to millions of euros. A serious, thorough approach to combatting fraud helps limit the damage. Drawing on our wide-ranging experience, our Fraud team can assist you in preventing fraud, investigating instances of fraud, and taking legal action against fraudsters.

The Ekelmans Advocaten Fraud team has been helping clients to combat fraud for years and has brought many major fraud cases to a successful conclusion.

The Fraud team at Ekelmans Advocaten has considerable experience in combatting fraud. That starts with prevention. We encourage prevention through the training we offer. For example, a number of our lawyers teach on the Fraud Control Coordinator course, completion of which is a requirement for registration in the Fraud Control Coordinator register of the Dutch Institute of Loss Adjusters (NIVRE). We also organise workshops in order to share our knowledge on how to combat fraud and we advise our clients on their policy for preventing and tackling fraud.

Investigation

Fraud can take many forms. There is internal fraud or fraud committed by a business contact, insured party or third party. Our lawyers can help you when investigating a fraud case. Is the investigation being conducted in the correct manner, with due observance of the legislation and regulations? But also, is it possible to request criminal-law information? We can advise and assist you here. When doing so, we prioritise approachability and a constructive working relationship with your legal department and special investigations department and with any investigative agency that you engage. Success in combatting fraud depends on a sound investigation: gathering and documenting conclusive evidence of fraud in the correct manner.

Legal action against fraudsters

If fraud has been established, it is important to recover the loss from the fraudsters. This often requires civil proceedings with seizure of assets. But sometimes the loss can be reclaimed by joining a criminal action as an injured party.

Disciplinary law

Our lawyers have considerable experience with submitting disciplinary complaints about fraudulent professionals (for example, doctors). In 2012, Ekelmans Advocaten became the first law firm to lodge a complaint on behalf of a health insurer about a healthcare provider registered in the BIG register (under the Healthcare Professionals Act) who had submitted false healthcare expenses. Since then, our lawyers have on numerous occasions made sure that professionals guilty of fraudulent behaviour faced the disciplinary consequences of their actions

Fraud can take many forms

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