On a recent holiday you lost a valuable item. Fortunately you have travel insurance to cover the cost of anything lost. Write a letter to the manager of your insurance company. In your letter, describe the item lost, explain how you lost it and tell the insurance company what you would like them to do.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing this to claim my expensive belonging, which I missed during my journey on my vacation, through my travel insurance.
A week ago, my spouse and I toured the European countries on the occasion of our first wedding anniversary. After a three-night trip, we had departed from London Heathrow Airport on Saturday night and arrived to Chennai International Airport on Sunday afternoon. As soon as we landed at Chennai and completed all security checks, I realized that my spouse’s costly Rolex watch had been unfortunately lost along the travel.
The watch is made of...
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Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.756 4.0
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