FCA to highlight specialist travel insurance options
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to create a service that will direct consumers with pre-existing medical conditions to specialist travel insurance providers
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Travel insurance claims are rocketing, says ABI
The number of travel insurance claims made in 2017 reached 510,000, costing £385 million and amounting to a claim every minute throughout the year, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has found
Travel agent who stole £70,000 gets eight months in prison
A travel agent has been sentenced to eight months in prison for stealing more than £70,000 through a series of travel insurance cons
Horwich Farrelly clamps down on holiday illness claims
Horwich Farrelly has successfully defended more than 2,000 holiday illness claims in the past 10 months
Travel sickness claims to be subject to fixed costs
Tighter controls on costs that can be recovered in travel sickness claims have been agreed, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed
ABTA: Holiday sickness fraud engineered
As many as 9.5 million British adults have been approached about making a compensation claim for being sick while on holiday, ABTA has revealed
Airfair lands over £1 million in compensation for delayed passengers in first year of operation
The UK’s first self-serve compensation app, airFair, is celebrating winning £1 million in flight delay compensation in its first year. With almost 4,000 app downloads…
CEGA introduces automated claims to its end-to-end travel claims management services
CEGA has introduced automated claims to its end-to-end travel claims management services. The claims management and global assistance provider has collaborated with Charles Taylor InsureTech…
Government issues call for evidence as it looks to curb bogus travel sickness claims
The Government has issued a call for evidence from the travel industry as it looks to curtail the UK’s “holiday sickness claims culture”. The Ministry…
Ryanair facing legal action from flight delay compensation claims company
FairPlane UK has taken legal action against Ryanair after saying that the airline is guilty of “defamation, harassment and unlawful interference”. The flight compensation company…