Fraudulent sickness claims
An insurance and risk law firm is calling for industry-wide action to deal with an ‘epidemic’ of holidaymakers making fraudulent illness claims.
BLM commissioned YouGov to survey 2,000 British consumers on their attitudes to sickness claims on all-inclusive holidays after noticing a significant rise in the number of travel claims in the last year.
It found nearly half (46%) think it would be acceptable to make a claim for food poisoning even if they weren’t sure their illness was the fault of the hotel.
According to BLM, the travel industry has been hit by a dramatic rise in gastric illness compensation claims, with holidaymakers urged to put in speculative claims against operators and hotels.