Abta is urging MPs to ban cold calling, which the association says is one of the main tools used by unscrupulous claims management companies (CMCs) to encourage false or exaggerated holiday sickness claims. The Financial Claims and Guidance Bill has its second reading in the House of Commons this morning, and Alan Wardle, Abta’s director […]
Month: January 2018
UK fraud hits 15-year high
The value of UK fraud hit a 15-year high of £2.11bn in 2017 as more companies made it a priority to tackle wrongdoing, according to a new study. Accountancy firm BDO examined reported fraud cases worth more than £50,000 and found that the total number rose to 577 in 2017, compared with 212 in 2003. […]
Credit Card Scams Are Still Popular
Travel agents love new clients, and when someone seemingly finds you out of the blue, it’s easy to get caught up in the moment and blindly pursue the sales opportunity. But scam artists are good at manipulating human emotions and have an assortment of tricks up their sleeves to entrap travel agents in one kind […]
Sickness claims: Claims firms becoming more creative
Fake holiday sickness claims appear to be big business in the UK, with claims management companies continuing to target tourists in what has been described as ‘the new whiplash’. As many as 9.5 million adults in the UK – almost one in five – have been approached about making a compensation claim for holiday illness, […]
Sickness claims – Spanish hotels being held to ransom
The costs of fighting fraudulent sickness claims are rising, say Spanish lawyers. Ian Taylor reports Lawyers in Spain have challenged the idea that an epidemic of scam sickness claims by British holidaymakers is being brought under control. They say Spanish hoteliers are being forced to pay for the new determination among UK tour operators’ to […]
Sickness claims – Abta presses government to act
Abta is calling on the Government to implement its promised plans to close a loophole that allows claims firms to cash in on holiday sickness claims ahead of the peak 2018 season. New data pulled from a YouGov survey suggests that nearly one in five people have been contacted about making a compensation claim for […]
ABTA calls for action over fake sickness claims
Nearly one in five Brits has been approached about making a compensation claim for sickness while on holiday, according to research released by ABTA today. Based on a YouGov survey of over 2,000 adults, ABTA says 19% of Brits have been contacted about making a claim. Of these, 14% were approached over the phone, 7% […]