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Social Intelligence to Provide Social Media Analytics Engine to the National Insurance Crime Bureau to Combat Workers' Compensation FraudSANTA BARBARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Social Intelligence, the leading provider of social media risk assessment data and predictive analytics, announced today that they have been selected by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) to provide their Workbench tool to combat workers' compensation fraud. The partnership was announced at the 69th Annual Workers' Compensation Education Conference at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida. "The NICB is committed to preventing abuse of workers' compensation, and having access to tools such as Social Intelligence Workbench is paramount to our efforts," said Brian Smidt, vice president, data analytics at the NICB. "The tool's real-time identity analytics and report building capabilities enable our investigatorsand law enforcement partners to do what they do best." The NICB will be utilizing Social Intelligence Workbench to quickly identify, aggregate, and analyze relevant, publicly-available online information as an investigation is being conducted. The Workbench tool provides investigators with the ability to capture all desired content - such as public postings on social media networks, blogs, and message forums - in an easy-to-use report, which can be preserved and accessed at a later time. "We're very proud to have been selected by the NICB to help aid in their fight against fraud," said Max Drucker, CEO at Social Intelligence. "Social media investigations are invaluable in preventing fraud, waste, and abuse and we are excited to be providing the Social Intelligence Workbench to accomplish these important goals for NICB." For more information, visit http://socialintel.com/products-and-solutions/search.html About National Insurance Crime Bureau Headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., the NICB is the nation's leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to preventing, detecting and defeating insurance fraud and vehicle theft through data analytics, investigations, training, legislative advocacy and public awareness. The NICB is supported by more than 1,100 property and casualty insurance companies and self-insured organizations. NICB member companies wrote $371 billion in insurance premiums in 2013, or more than 78 percent of the nation's property/casualty insurance. That includes more than 93 percent ($168 billion) of the nation's personal auto insurance. To learn more visit www.nicb.org. About Social Intelligence Corp. Social Intelligence Corp. is the leading provider of social media risk assessment data and analytics to a wide range of industries. With innovative and legally compliant tools, technology, and predictive analytics, Social Intelligence's suite of products identify insurance fraud, facilitate better hiring decisions, and reduce overall corporate risk. Social Intelligence is compliant with Federal and State laws to ensure that both individuals and organizations are protected. Visit www.socialintel.com for additional information.
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