tourists tell travel insurers 'white lies' by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 13/12/07

Three-quarters of a million Britons have inflated the worth of a travel cover claim, Direct Line Travel Insurance has revealedOf the 13 per cent of Britons who have claimed on a holiday cover policy, 15 per cent confess to having been economical with the truthBut exaggerating the figure of items stolen or the value of the wounded incurred amounts to fraud, not now an innocent 'white lie', the insurer warnedThe favourite item to falsely maintain as stolen was jewellery, the study showed, with 25 per cent of 'inventors' proverb they had had precious jewelry stolen, followed by cameras, money and clothes

Two in ten of those who exaggerated the extent of their loss thought they were justified in creation inflated claims because they had previously absent to claim for a past loss or theft, while one in ten argued that, if others were leaving to commit insurance fraud, they didn't want to misplace out by standing on principleBut if some policy-holders are abusing the freedom by making false claims, one in five people are still travelling without insurance, a problem provoked by the trend towards final holiday booking, Sainsbury's Travel Insurance warned last weekTerms of use publicity Resources Product guides Press releases About us

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