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 you lost • Explain how you lost it. • Tell the insurance company what you would like them to do.

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing in connection with a laptop I lost
last
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weekend which was under the travel insurance with your company. That was the ‘HP’ brand laptop which I bought
last
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month at a price of USD 650.00. It was black coloured and with the latest i-7 core processor technology covering 2 years of warranty. I have visited Goa to spend my yearly holiday
along with
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my entire family member. The laptop was stolen from my hotel room where we were at sea beach. It is to be mentioned here that the room was locked during that time. After returning I found myself in
this
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unpleasant situation and contacted the hotel authority immediately and made a serious complaint.
Moreover
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, I have made a General Diary to the nearest police station for the same reason. A copy of the GD is enclosed here.
Therefore
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, I request you to properly investigate the matter and arrange to pay the claimed amount under insurance by a cheque at an early date so that I can purchase a new one. Your early action in
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regard will be highly appreciated. Yours faithfully, John Jolly
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • valuable possession
  • insurance claim
  • misplace
  • irreplaceable
  • receipt
  • policyholder
  • reimbursement
  • coverage
  • claim number
  • deductible
  • documentation
  • authenticate
  • liability
  • premium
  • accidental loss
  • indemnity
  • beneficiary
  • contact details
  • substantiate
  • correspondence
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