PPI Reclaim Status – Do You Qualify?
Credit consumers who were not fully informed concerning a type of insurance they were being sold when taking out a personal loan or credit card may be eligible for a PPI reclaim. The insurance was known as personal payment insurance and these borrowers may not even have realized they were being charged for the insurance or sometimes that it did not even fit them.
In essence, if the consumer did not understand the policy or the fact that it was not required for the loan or card, then the insurance amounts and the interest charged could be claimed back. Make no mistake though, a PPI reclaim is not easy nor is it a way to make money that you did not pay in.
Credit customers have been told by some unscrupulous sales persons that the coverage was necessary or they would not receive a loan or card. Perhaps one prime reason for some of the misleading sales tactics is that some companies marked up the policies so that profits were inflated and this provided a large source of revenue for them.
Consumers who have taken out a loan or credit card in the last six years, may qualify for a refund on premiums and interest for this coverage under certain circumstances, which all too many people fit. If they were told they must have the insurance to receive the loan then they can reclaim money because this insurance is optional. If a borrower had long-term health issues, was retired, or self-employed the insurance will not pay but many were sold this coverage and these individuals can protest that and claim money back.
In other cases, individuals have such generous compensation packages from employers that payment protection insurance is superfluous and they may be covered by a similar sick benefit policy at work or through a standalone policy.
What this adds up to is that the borrower or applicant may have had a policy added to their credit or loan and not understood what it covered and did not cover. Unfortunately also some people have reported that they were informed that without this policy they would be denied credit. Others were sold coverage and no questions were asked to determine if it even applied to them such as do they have chronic illnesses, do they have an employer, and these too are a basis to claim the money paid toward these policies as well as any interest that was paid.
The PPI reclaim ruling and methods of recovery were made because all too many borrowers had their rights to be informed violated by salesmen who failed to inform them about exclusions that applied to the coverage, or sold coverage that was inappropriate, or misrepresented the nature of the coverage.
The amount of funds due any individual vary according to what premiums were charged and what interest was applied to those premiums. In some circumstances loan amounts were increased to cover the insurance which may result in a large sum of money returned to the borrower.
Not every company that may have sold this type of coverage makes it easy to claim the premiums and interest back from them. A person who feels they have been inappropriately sold a coverage for unemployment or illness should know that by claiming this, they also are saying they don’t want this policy which means they may need to make other arrangements for coverage.
Want to find out more about making PPI claims? Then visit www.BankCharges.com and find out how to start your mis sold PPI claim today.
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August 13, 2010 | Posted by Matheson Penkovsky
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