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. Begin your letter as follows:

Dear sir, My name is simrandeep
kaur
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and
i
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recently travel to
new york
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New York
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and
i
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have taken travel insurance from your company that
cover
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the cost of anything that
i
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lost. I
have
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lost my
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AirPods
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that trip. I
dont
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don't
know how
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exactly lost them but
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checked my
handbagswhen
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handbags when
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was in the cafe to drink some
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coffee
and
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checked my handbag for
airpod
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to
listen
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some music but
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didn't find them. I
also
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to
tracked
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it by the
find my
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Find My
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app but
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can't
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. I am writing
this
letter to know the various
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available to cover the cost of my lost item as it is covered by the travel insurance plan. I just want you to pay the money for the cost of the airpod as it is
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part of my life. Let me know if you need any
iunformation
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information
or anything. Thanks, Regard, simrandeep
kaiuiur
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Jaipur
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The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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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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