MIAFTR definition

MIAFTR. (Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register), is a database containing records of written off and stolen vehicles, as defined by the Code of Practice for the Disposal of Motor Vehicle Salvage. MIAFTR was designed and developed to help monitor vehicles written off for insurance purposes, to help trace and recover stolen vehicles and to help detect fraud;

Examples of MIAFTR in a sentence

  • You should be aware that insurers exchange information through various databases to help check the information provided and prevent fraudulent claims, in particular, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) which hosts the Claims Underwriting Exchange (CUE) and the Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR).

  • To help us prevent financial crime, your details may be submitted to fraud prevention agencies and other organisations where your records may be searched, including the Claims and Underwriting Exchange (CUE) and the Motor Insurers Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR).

  • MIB works together with insurance companies to monitor, control, and improve MIAFTR processes and error resolution.

  • MIAFTR is a database containing records of written-off and stolen vehicles, of which MIB is the Controller.

  • CUE holds records on claims, whereas MIAFTR holds records on vehicles that have been written off.

  • DVLA shall use the MIAFTR Data supplied by the MIB to update the VSS records, in accordance with its obligations under Data Protection Legislation, and shall not use the Data supplied by the MIB for any other purpose.

  • We will pass details to the Claims and Underwriting Exchange Register (CUE) and the Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR), run by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), to check the information provided and prevent fraudulent claims.

  • MIAFTR Data enables DVLA to capture details of accident damaged vehicles on VSS to inform customers and improve road safety by ensuring the extensively damaged vehicles are taken off the road.

  • MIAFTR was designed and developed to help monitor vehicles written off for insurance purposes, to help trace and recover stolen vehicles and to help detect fraud.

  • There is automated matching of Data provided by the insurer into MIAFTR to identify the correct vehicle on VSS.