ASU, PPI, PLP, MPPI – It’s A CON However You Spell It
12:28 pm in General Insurance by pgesystems
Assuming you have kept up with the news across recent months you undoubtedly will be aware of the world wide monetary crisis and how it has affected many people across the world. In the world of personal finance we have seen many changes, particularly when talking about loans and mortgages.
You may also have read about the numbers of people who are seeking a PPI claim, and therefore wondered what it means. PPI – an abbreviation of payment protection insurance – is a controversial part of a good proportion of credit arrangements which is intended to help the individual concerned in the event that they become unable to work and no longer able to keep to the agreed deal.
The payment protection policy is an insurance deal which is paid for over monthly instalments. However, in recent years the authorities that oversee the personal finance world noted several complaints from peoplecustomers who suspected they might have been mis sold PPI policies, and an investigation was undertaken.
The body that undertook the investigation found that there had been numerous cases of mis-selling of PPI policies, including plenty which had been supplied to people for whom they were useless and cases in which people were unaware that they had taken out and were making monthly payments for such a policy.
Following the outcome of the inquiry several financial institutions – many highly regarded high street brands – were given heavy fines, and the rules covering the provision of PPI policies were completely revised. At the same time, some of the individuals affected engaged professional help to pursue PPI claims for their payments, and many more are realising that they may be due some recompense for mis-sold polices.
At the time the new guidelines were introduced they stated that there would be changes to the method in which PPI policies would be sold, and it is as a result illegal to sell a borrower a policy when agreeing the loan or mortgage. It is also in contravention of the regulations to offer the customer a PPI policy for a set number of days after agreeing the loan, thus allowing the consumer time to search for the best deal.
Part of the reason for bringing in the revised regulations was because the investigation discovered that many consumers had been told that they had to take a branded PPI policy supplied by the lender, a point that is at the centre of many a PPI claim as it has long been the customers right to look elsewhere for the best deal.
Consumer finance and, in particular, PPI is now a less worrying place for the customer as a result of the new rules, and should you consider that you have a case for seeking compensation we recommend you seek the help of a solicitor in what remains a complex area of the law.