The Division of Consumer Services offers a variety of information and
resources to educate consumers regarding numerous insurance and financial
topics. Our mission is to proactively educate and assist Florida’s insurance
and financial consumers through responsive, professional and innovative
service. The Division offers a toll-free Insurance Consumer Helpline to
assist insurance consumers with insurance questions and inquiries or to file
a complaint against your insurance company.
The Division of Investigative and Forensic Services encompasses all law
enforcement and forensic components residing within the Department of
Financial Services. With this broad responsibility, the division
investigates a wide range of fraudulent and criminal acts including:
Insurance Fraud Investigations; Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigations;
Fire, Arson and Explosives Investigations; and Fire and Explosives Sample
Analysis.
The Bureau of Insurance Fraud investigates alleged acts of insurance
fraud not categorized under workers’ compensation fraud, including:
licensee, healthcare, application, vehicle, homeowners, commercial,
disability, arson, and life insurance fraud. Within these categories are;
organized schemes to defraud the public and insurers, insolvency of
insurance companies due to internal fraud, criminal activity by unauthorized
entities illegally doing business in Florida, and viatical related fraud.
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation Fraud investigates alleged acts of
insurance fraud categorized under workers’ compensation fraud, including:
working without workers’ compensation coverage, claimant fraud, premium
fraud and money service business fraud.
The Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations is a law enforcement branch
of the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services and conducts fire,
arson, and explosives investigations as well as other related criminal
investigations statewide.
The Office of Fiscal Integrity is a criminal justice agency whose mission
is to detect and investigate the misappropriation or misuse of state assets
in a manner that safeguards the interests of the state of Florida and its
taxpayers.
The Department of Financial Services is proud of our accomplishments in
finding and prosecuting fraud, but we could use your help. If you are a
victim of fraud or suspect fraud is occurring, we want to hear from you.
Together we can work to put these criminals out of business and make sure
that Floridians are protected from those who seek to defraud their fellow
citizens.
The Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services protects death
care industry consumers purchasing preneed burial rights as well as those
purchasing funeral and burial merchandise or services. It also oversees
licensed establishments, facilities, and cemetery grounds by conducting
annual inspections.
The Division of Public Assistance Fraud (PAF) serves taxpayers and
safeguards Floridians against public assistance fraud and the impact of
those crimes by enforcing state laws regarding program eligibility and
proper use of public assistance benefits. On the state level, the Division
partners with the Department of Children and Families, the Agency for Health
Care Administration, the Department of Health, and the Department of
Education’s Office of Early Learning to investigate fraud in programs
administered by those departments.
The Division of Workers' Compensation ensures that anyone interested or
involved in the Florida workers’ compensation system has the tools and
resources needed, by assisting injured workers, employers, health care
providers, and insurers in following the Florida workers’ compensation rules
and laws. While the Division is not responsible for adjusting any claims, it
is a resource to help ensure that claims are being adjusted and reimbursed
properly.