I nsurance can bring out the worst in people. Secure in the knowledge that they're covered, some people become careless. Worse, insurance abets frightful crimes.
Unprofitable businesses burn to the ground.
Occasionally, people with recently purchased life-insurance policies die suddenly and mysteriously. And a rear-end accident on the highway might turn out to be staged. Welcome to the seamy world of insurance fraud, an unlikely place to land after graduating from Brown. But the intrigue of being a private investigator captivated Ken Dornstein, who spent several years investigating automobile accidents in Los Angeles before writing Accidentally, On Purpose . What Dornstein found was a world rich in folklore and rackets, in legendary con artists and clever investigators.