Injured rugby player awarded €200,000

AN INSURANCE company has been ordered to pay €200,000 to a former professional rugby player by the Financial Services Ombudsman after it refused to pay out a claim under an insurance scheme run by the Irish Rugby Football Union.

Injured rugby player awarded €200,000

Details of the case were published yesterday by the Financial Services Ombudsman, Joe Meade, who revealed that complaints to his office have risen by almost 30% so far in 2007.

A report by Mr Meade, which highlights more than a dozen cases of questionable practices by banks, insurance companies, credit unions and other financial institutions, recorded about 2,100 complaints since the start of the year.

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