Toronto, ON (Mar. 9, 2026) \u2013 Canadians are concerned about fraud in the insurance industry, from the threat on a personal level to the industry-wide costs resulting from staged collisions, inflated claims, and more, according to the results of a new survey commissioned by Aviva and conducted by Nanos Research.<\/p>\n
Nationally, more than one-third of respondents (37.8 percent) ranked \u2018Cyber crime\/online scams\/identity theft<\/strong>\u2018 as the most concerning risk influencing insurance; it was followed by \u2018Auto theft<\/strong>\u2018 at 15.7 percent, \u2018Home invasions<\/strong>\u2018 at 12.1 percent, and \u2018Flooding<\/strong>\u2018 at 10.6 percent. No other risk was ranked first by more than six percent of respondents.<\/p>\n For 3.7 percent of respondents, \u2018Insurance Fraud<\/strong>\u2018 was the most concerning risk influencing insurance, with clear regional and demographic variations. In BC, fraud was ranked highest by respondents, 4.8 percent of whom selected it as the most concerning risk. Meanwhile, just 0.6 percent of respondents in Atlantic Canada ranked insurance fraud as their top concern. Ontario (4.4 percent), Quebec (4.0 percent) and the Prairies (2.4 percent) fell in between.<\/p>\n In the context of ranking risks by concern over their influence on insurance, younger Canadians appear to be more worried about insurance fraud than seniors, with 6.4 percent of respondents aged 25-34 choosing fraud as their top concern, compared to 3.0 percent of those over 55.<\/p>\n However, when it comes specifically to fear about \u2018being the victim of fraud<\/strong>,\u2019 nearly half (45.2 percent) of those over 55 were worried (rating their concern at least 7 out of 10), versus 39.6 percent of those aged 35-54 and 37.9 percent of those aged 25-34.<\/p>\n The survey uncovered Canadians\u2019 concerns over insurance fraud in greater detail, finding:<\/p>\n Asked to rank the top fraud threats to them personally, respondents highlighted collisions and repairs as their top concerns<\/p>\n The research gauged the opinions among Canadians on their views towards fraud insurance.<\/p>\n Nanos conducted an online non-probability representative survey of 1,569 Canadians, 25 years of age or older, between January 23rd and January 27th, 2026.<\/p>\n Although no margin of error applies, for comparison purposes, a probability sample of 1,569 would have a margin of error of \u00b12.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.<\/p>\n The statistical tabulations including the unweighted and weighted number of interviews can be accessed here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n The research was commissioned by Aviva and was conducted by Nanos Research.<\/p>\n To view the full report, click here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n Aviva Canada is one of the leading property and casualty insurance groups in the country, providing home, automobile, lifestyle, and business insurance to 2.5 million customers coast to coast. A subsidiary of UK-based Aviva plc, we have the financial strength, scale and are a trusted insurance provider globally for more than 325 years. For more information, visit aviva.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n As one of North America\u2019s premier market and public opinion research firms, we put strategic intelligence into the hands of decision makers. The majority of our work is for private sector and public facing organizations and ranges from market studies, managing reputation through to leveraging data intelligence. Nanos Research offers a vertically integrated full service quantitative and qualitative research practice to attain the highest standards and the greatest control over the research process. For more information, visit nanos.co<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Aviva Canada<\/em><\/p>\n Tags: Aviva<\/a>, fraud<\/a>, survey<\/a>, top risks<\/a>, vehicle theft<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Toronto, ON (Mar. 9, 2026) \u2013 Canadians are concerned about fraud in the insurance industry, from the threat on a personal level to the industry-wide costs resulting from staged collisions, inflated claims, and more,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fear, Fraud and Premiums: Canada\u2019s Hidden Premium Pressure<\/h4>\n
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Survey Methodology<\/b><\/h4>\n
About Aviva Canada<\/b><\/h4>\n
About Nanos Research<\/b><\/h4>\n