| September 16th, 2009 | | | | losses are abroad and police overseas are often not |
| Why do people do it? That is, attempting to claim on | | | | interested in investigating, people can claim |
| their travel insurance for non-existant incidents. This | | | | possessions have gone missing. Some travellers who |
| has been highlighted by the case this year of the two | | | | realise that they cannot afford holidays booked earlier |
| British women, now languishing in Rio, convicted | | | | in the year are believed to be cancelling trips, after |
| involving potential travel claim fraud and a recent | | | | feigning illness and tricking doctors into issuing |
| insurance industry report citing that travellers to Spain | | | | certificates stating that they are unwell. Most travel |
| and India are most likely to make a fraudulent claim on | | | | insurance policies offer cancellation refunds when a |
| their travel insurance. Claims handling companies have | | | | traveller falls ill before a trip. |
| become more fraud aware and are now primed to | | | | Sadly, if someone commits fraud, it's honest customers |
| spot "telltale signs" of false claims, sometimes using | | | | who end up paying in the form of higher premiums. |
| voice monitoring equipment when dealing with individual | | | | Despite the high profile case in Rio, there are few |
| claimants, to limit the widespread travel claim abuse. | | | | prosecutions as the facts of cases are often difficult |
| But insurance fraud is on the rise with many | | | | to prove. However the sting in the tail for those that do |
| customers pretending that possessions, such as | | | | try, then if the claim is rejected, that goes on their |
| expensive cameras and iPods, have been stolen | | | | credit rating and it will make loans and insurance more |
| overseas, while others are upping the value of what | | | | expensive in the future. |
| has been stolen in the case of genuine theft. As the | | | | |