Direct Line: People exaggerate travel insurance claims

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Direct Line: People exaggerate travel insurance claims

Mon 10th Sep 2007

Thousands of Britons overstate their travel insurance claims in order to receive more money, new research from Direct Line Travel has discovered.

Of the 13 per cent of Britons who have made a claim on their travel insurance, a full 15 per cent admit to having exaggerated their losses.

And of those who do exaggerate their claims, 16 per cent do it by at least £200, the Direct Line survey found.

Chris Price, business manager at Direct Line, said: "As a leading insurer we deal with thousands of travel claims a year, the majority of which are genuine.

"However, it's worrying to see from the results of the research that some consumers appear to underestimate the consequences of their actions."

While many who do so simply consider the overstating of losses a "white lie" it is in actuality fraud, Mr Price added.

Meanwhile, the Association of British Travel Agents has estimated that the overall number of holidays taken by Brits this year amounts to 44 million.

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