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Rip Off Britain
Season 17 · Episode 21
Insurer says I’m wrong about having cancer
0.044mNovember 17, 2025
The team investigate the life insurance policies that have left some customers in the lurch, including the woman whose insurer doesn’t accept she has cancer.
Episodes
- Episode 1Tenants turned my family home into a cannabis farm
- Episode 2Water bills are going up, but what’s it all being spent on?
- Episode 3My conservatory roof shattered, but no-one’s taking responsibility
- Episode 4I paid for a smartphone but received a lump of clay
- Episode 5Timeshare nightmare
- Episode 6I cancelled my card, but scammers kept spending
- Episode 7Brazen car scam caught on camera
- Episode 8Nail glue took my daughter’s skin off
- Episode 9Super-scam cost me nearly £500,000
- Episode 10Dream holiday left me with gastric infection
- Episode 11Addicted to shopping app
- Episode 12Fire safety upgrades – who should foot the bill?
- Episode 13Gift experience voucher left me £200 out of pocket
- Episode 14Scammer posed as my mum – while she sat next to me
- Episode 15Luxury resort turned out to be a building site
- Episode 16New home knotweed no-one told us about
- Episode 17£1,000 to send a parcel
- Episode 18I had to do the maths to prove my energy company wrong
- Episode 19I took out a family trust to protect my kids, but now I regret it
- Episode 20My holiday was cancelled at hotel check-in
- Episode 21Insurer says I’m wrong about having cancer
- Episode 22Broadband firm has trapped my car with a telegraph pole
- Episode 23The Scottish lodge I invested in didn’t exist
- Episode 24Excluded from cheap energy tariffs because of where I live
- Episode 25Our holiday was not as advertised
- Episode 26Scammers used our street to open fake accounts
- Episode 27AI romance scammer broke my heart
- Episode 28Help! Is my online job a scam?
- Episode 29I was part of the world’s largest scam
- Episode 30Fake Michael Jackson brought bailiffs to my door
- Episode 31Banned from 500 shops by facial recognition
- Episode 32The banned online pet store still taking your money
- Episode 33I’m blind - but my bank sends letters I can’t read
- Episode 34Roof repair rogues took aim at our homes
- Episode 35Slimed by sludge pipe leak during our dream cruise
- Episode 36Elvis event left me all shook up
- Episode 37Owed thousands by my energy company
- Episode 38I won in court – but I’m still out of pocket
- Episode 39Next door up in flames - but I had to pay
- Episode 40Four-day delay, but my airline won’t pay
- Episode 41Careless courier driver destroyed my garden wall
- Episode 42Van seized after fake debt ruling
- Episode 43Blaze repair delays ruined our home
- Episode 44The five-year wait to return to my home
- Episode 45Holiday hotel blaze left me fearing for my life