Stamp out false holiday sickness claims
Travel industry bosses and trade bodies are being asked to help the Government put together new rules designed to crack down on false holiday sickness claims.
They are asking the trade to submit evidence in the next four weeks to help give ministers a greater insight into the rise of false claims for gastric illnesses by British holidaymakers.
The findings will be used to help establish new regulations which the Government hopes to introduce early next year.
ABTA has launched its own campaign to educate British travellers on the legal implications of making a fraudulent claims after seeing a 500% increase from around 5,000 claims in 2013 to around 35,000 claims in 2016.
The association blames the ‘unscrupulous, aggressive and sometimes illegal’ practices of claims firms who have turned their focus to holidays after new legislation was introduced in 2012 to limit legal costs in other sectors, such as motor insurance, making cases like whiplash claims less profitable