Abta welcomes probe into holiday sickness claims firms
Abta has welcomed plans for a formal probe into rogue claims management companies who encourage holidaymakers to lie about being ill to pocket thousands in compensation.
The Ministry of Justice’s Claims Management Services Regulator is to examine the relationship between such cowboy firms and solicitors after a surge in holiday sickness claims.
The action follows industry warnings that claims management companies have moved into the lucrative holiday sickness market after the government acted to curb bogus compensation cases for whiplash injuries caused by car accidents.
Abta members have reported dramatic rises in the number of gastric illness claims, far exceeding reported sickness in resorts.
Spanish hoteliers have also reported increases in sickness claims made by British holidaymakers but not from their German and French counterparts, raising suspicions about fraudulent claims