Thomas Cook reports rise in holiday sickness claims
Thomas Cook revealed an increase in illness related claims from UK consumers in its interim half-year results and said it believes many to be “questionable”.
The operator would not give figures but said the rise was in line with the rest of the UK package travel industry.
Abta has talked of a 500% increase in claims and attributed the rise to a number of “unscrupulous” claims management firms.
Chief executive Peter Fankhauser said the fraudulent claims were the actions of a “small minority”.