Matthew Ruck

Matthew Ruck is a Principal Associate in our counter fraud team and is based in Manchester.

Matthew is a CILEX Lawyer who has worked in insurance claims for over 23 years and has experience of both motor and casualty claims. For over 18 years he has investigated and defended fraudulent claims and for the past 9 years he led a Linked and Organised fraud team specialising in detecting, investigating and disrupting fraud which has been enabled by healthcare professionals, whether acting as experts or treatment providers, and other associated enablers such as solicitors and medical agencies. He has worked with the GMC and the HCPC to submit concerns and evidence to them to assist with their own investigations arising from healthcare professionals’ claims activities.

He has developed and delivered training courses and materials for both colleagues and clients and has acted as a deputy client account manager and client fraud lead.

As a member of FOIL’s rehabilitation special interest group, he helped develop an amendment to the rehabilitation code and organised and spoke at two roundtables concerning claims inflation with a focus on psychological injuries and tinnitus and hearing loss.