Understanding How You May Have Been Mis-sold Ppi

Lots of people who took out a loan were misled by this payment protection insurance policy. Banks and lenders made individuals believe that a ppi policy was compulsory or was a requirement for their loan to be approved. Other borrowers were not even told that the cost of the policy was added on top of their loan. The cost of the policy wasn't discussed to them, and even the important information, like what it covers and what is not was not told to them. Most of the borrowers learned that they were mis-sold ppi after they tried to make a claim when it was needed and were declined by their insurer because they do not qualify to make a claim.

Payment protection insurance was designed to cover your loan or credit car repayments for a year if you suffer an accident, serious illness or if you lose your job. If you do meet the criteria for the claim, you will find that your insurance will only pay a limited amount, for a limited time. Basically, this insurance policy does not cover you for everything the sales person told you and this is a mis-sold ppi case.

Financial firms are already so clever in scamming their clients to make more money for their business. They were driven by greed and also relying on their skills in convincing the borrowers, either needed or had to have this product. Some banks and lenders even imposed target sales to their staff to sell this insurance policies to achieve bonuses and commission. As a result of this action of the unscrupulous financial firms, an estimated 20 million individuals were paying for a mis-sold ppi policy.

If you were pressured by your bank or lender into taking out a ppi policy when you took out a loan, you may then have a mis-sold ppi case. If the sales representative made you think that you would get a lower rate of finance if you also took out a ppi policy from your lender, then that is also a mis-sold ppi practice. Mis-sold ppi also took place to people who were self employed, student, on benefits, retired and with pre existing medical problems. These people are not really qualified to generate a claim so their insurance policy was useless for them.

By: Erika Coletta

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James David writes about Mis-sold-ppi and other financial products for United Kingdom based website www.mis-sold-ppi.com. He also covers unfair credit card charges and the financial claims sector generally, as well as writing posts on personal finance, house sales, repossession and business finance.