Do you have a mis-sold PPI claim?
Mis-selling of PPI policies has been rife - there are a variety
of situations in which Payment Protection Insurance is not
appropriate, but many banks chose to ignore this and push the
policies on their customers anyway.
As such, there are a great many grounds for mis-sold PPI
compensation, one or more of which may be applicable to you,
allowing you to make a claim.
The most common reasons to make a PPI claim are:
1. You were aged under 18 or over 65 when the PPI was
sold to you. PPI policies have age restrictions. The
insurance should not be sold to people outside of these age
ranges.
2. You worked less than 16 hours a week when the PPI was
sold to you. Part-time workers are not eligible for PPI
coverage. The person selling you the policy should have enquired
about your employment situation.
3. You were employed on a temporary or contract basis
when the PPI was sold to you. Temporary or contract
workers are not eligible for PPI coverage. The person selling you
the policy should have enquired about your employment
situation.
4. You were self-employed when the PPI was sold to
you. PPI policies with unemployment protection are usually
not applicable to those who are self-employed. The person selling
you the policy should have enquired about your employment
situation.
5. You had an existing illness when the PPI was sold to
you. Pre-existing conditions are likely to void the policy
if your illness should worsen leading to a loss of income. In these
cases, you should not have been offered the insurance.
6. You were not informed that the PPI policy would not
cover conditions such as stress and backache. Mental
health issues, such as stress or depression, and common muscular
problems, such as backache, are often not covered by PPI policies.
This should have been explained to you when you were offered the
policy.
7. You were aware you may become unemployed when the PPI
was sold to you. If you had reason to believe that you
were facing an imminent loss of income, then you would have been
ineligible for insurance covering this event and should not have
been sold PPI.
8. You were not told about the cost of the insurance (or
not told you were buying it at all). The lender should
have clearly explained the cost of the policy and gone through it
with you in detail.
9. You were not asked about any other insurance, similar
to PPI, that you may have already been covered by. Some
insurance policies provide income protection, or you may have been
covered by a scheme from your employer. The lender is obliged to
look into whether you are already covered.
10. You were told that the PPI was necessary for you to
get the loan. PPI is an optional purchase, and does not
affect your eligibility for a loan or the interest rates payable.
Lending institutions are not supposed to offer a discount if you
take out an insurance policy.
11. You were not told that the same policy could
potentially be bought for cheaper elsewhere. Many of the
PPI policies available directly from lenders are pricier than if
you purchased PPI elsewhere. You are meant to be given the
opportunity to shop around before you take out a policy.
12. You applied for a loan online where the box for PPI
was automatically ticked. Prior to July 2007, many online
loan applications had a tick-box to indicate whether you wanted PPI
or not. In a large number of cases, the page loaded with the box
pre-ticked, so that customers had to opt out of buying the
insurance rather than opting in. This was changed after concerns
raised by the Financial Services Authority.
If any of these apply to you, then you probably
have a valid claim for a full refund for mis-sold PPI.
"I just had to put pen to paper and write to say I'm more than delighted with my settlement that you won me back from my PPI I had with Lloyds TSB. The Claim Forms were simple to fill in. It was a breeze"
Mr R Evans 11 Nov 2010