Sickness claims tout first to lose licence

Intelligence gathered by Claims Management Regulator (CMR) officers revealed that Preston-based Allsure Ltd had encouraged holiday-makers to “fabricate or embellish symptoms of gastric illness to get compensation”.

Further evidence showed the firm had used deceptive sales scripts, exaggerating expected payouts to entice consumers, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reported.

Allsure Ltd can no longer offer regulated claims management services to new or existing clients and an MoJ spokesperson said this was the first time a licence had been revoked from a claims management company (CMC) in the “holiday sickness sector”.

Kevin Rousell, head of the CMR, added: “We will take firm action against claims businesses which engage in serious misconduct.”

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