British travel insurers accused of 'possible systematic fraud'

‘Thousands’ of tourists at ‘serious risk’

Adam Saville
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Firms selling public healthcare could be breaking the law, says Spanish private hospitals association

The Spanish Private Healthcare Alliance (ASPE), an association which brings together over 1,300 healthcare organisations and represents more than 80% of Spain's private hospitals, is attempting to stamp out what it described as ‘possible systematic fraud' by UK travel insurers. The organisation has called out the practices of several British insurance firms which it said were acting ‘with impunity' in the face of passive British and Spanish authorities. The private medical healthcare business association said it has been reporting ‘possible fraudulent practices' to the British authori...

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