The protection industry will once again come under the spotlight tonight in an ITV programme on the dangers to consumers of non-disclosure.
The Tonight programme will follow people facing serious personal and financial risk after insurers refused claims for non-disclosure of information. A featured case from earlier this year involves 73-year-old great-grandmother Jean Edwards, who fell ill on holiday in Turkey and was unable to return home when travel insurer EHIC Plus declined her claim. She died shortly after arriving back in the UK and her family then received a hospital bill for almost £100,000. EHIC directors claim Mrs Edwards' £38 policy, which she bought online, was invalid because although she ticked a box con...
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