Payment Protection Insurance
Britain : banks set aside £10 billion for client compensation
British banks have ramped up the amount of cash they are setting aside to compensate clients who were mis-sold insurance policies to more than...
PPI remediation guideline “impossible”, warns Charter
The PPI remediation guidelines that have been issued by the FSA will be impossible for UK insurers and other financial institutions to achieve without...
FOS introduced increased fees for mis-selling insurance
UK banks and insurers are mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI) resulting in millions of dollars used to compensate victims – but it's about to...
FSA / OFT : draft guidance on payment protection products published
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have joined forces to help prevent the problems associated with payment protection...
Bancassurance : market outlook 2011
Bancassurance deciders of different financial institutions have exchanged on the model’s current situation and the necessity for the market to better adapt to customers...
Featured /PPI : CC confirms point-of-sale prohibition
The Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed that it will introduce a remedies package based around a point-of-sale prohibition for all forms of payment protection...
What if your household income decreased, through illness, disability or unemployment?
Certain insurance, sometimes known as protection insurance, can pay out in these instances, but they usually only pay out for a limited time and...
How to protect your income or borrowing ?
Once you take out any kind of loan, it’s very important that you make all the repayments in full and on time. If your...
Barclays set to learn payment protection insurance (PPI) decision
Barclays is due to find out if it has been successful in its bid to lift a future ban on the sale of controversial...
Payment Protection Insurance : summary
What does PPI cover?
What the insurance covers will vary depending on the sort of repayments the policy is designed to protect, and on the...
Payment protection insurance : what you should know ?
Think carefully about the risks you could face while paying back a loan, mortgage or credit/store card and whether taking out PPI would be...
Payment protection insurance: what are the main features?
All policies are different, so always shop around and double check with the provider selling the product whether it includes the features you need...
Payment protection insurance: where might you get it from ?
You're likely to be offered PPI by the company when you take out a mortgage or other loan or credit agreement, but you don't...
Payment protection insurance : What is it ?
Payment protection insurance, or PPI, is insurance that will pay out a sum of money to help cover your monthly repayments on mortgages, loans,...
Income protection insurance or borrowing ?
Insurance can cover your outgoings if you are unable to work for any reason. Here we explain what the types are and what you...
Cancelling or not renewing your insurance ?
A recent survey by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) found that almost a quarter of people have cancelled their contents insurance and others...
FSA to take measures to protect PPI consumers
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today announced a package of tough measures to protect consumers in the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market and...
New website PPInews.co.uk launched to compensate UK mis-sold consumers of Payment Protection Insurance
A new website at http://www.ppinews.co.uk has been launched to keep pressure on regulatory authorities, banks and insurance companies to compensate up to 12 million...
Tough choices ahead on healthcare for next government, AXA PPP healthcare poll predicts
An AXA PPP healthcare survey* has revealed that a third of people believe that real cuts in NHS spending are on the way, irrespective...
Competition Commission to propose measures for Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market
The Competition Commission (CC) has today published a draft order for consultation setting out how measures to introduce competition into the Payment Protection Insurance...
