Direct Line: People exaggerate travel insurance claims by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 23/09/07

Thousands of Britons overstate their journey insurance claims in order to receive more money, novel research from Direct Line Travel has discoveredOf the 13 per cent of Britons who have made a claim on their travel insurance, a full 15 per cent confess to having exaggerated their lossesAnd of those who do exaggerate their claims, 16 per cent do it by at least £200, the Direct Line survey foundChris Price, commerce manager at Direct Line, said: "As a leading insurer we deal with thousands of journey claims a year, the majority of which are real

"However, it's worrying to see from the results of the research that some consumers come into view to underestimate the consequences of their actions"While many who do so simply consider the overstating of wounded a "white lie" it is in actuality fraud, Mr Price addedMeanwhile, the friendship of British Travel Agents has estimated that the in general number of

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