PPI refunds advice

There is a lot of risk involved and some are forced to ask for PPI insurance (PPI) which aims at providing security to lenders to help curb the unforeseen risks.

With the recent economic uncertainties and the rising figures in unemployment statistics, more people are unable to live up to their promise to repay the debts. This has raised concern among the lenders who fear suffering loss of huge amounts of money.

There however comes a time when this PPI insurance is mis-sold to borrowers. Most of them don't know how to reclaim PPI and thus end up loosing thousands of dollars. Here is what you should do to reclaim PPI.

There are those lenders who will require borrowers to take PPI alongside a mortgage, credit card or loan among others. With other lenders, this is optional and the choice will be yours. If you happen to take the PPI and go through the debt repayment as agreed, you are in a position to make your claim if it was optional.

The first step to making your claim is to write to your lender. If it is a single premium policy, make sure you provide the FSA announcement copy and ask your lender to review the whole transaction.

If they reject your claim, you will be forced to consult the Financial Ombudsman Service. You can find out the cost of your policy by asking your lender to send your account's breakdown as soon as you need it. There are also third party companies that you can use to make the claim. The companies will however take huge chunks of the compensation. These companies are suitable for those people who have gone through their payments successfully and have less time in their hand and don't want to go through the paperwork.

There is a big chance that when you reclaim PPI, you will get the refund as the ombudsman has handled many cases of this kind and up to 80% have been successful. There are those with pending reclaim cases and there are those who gave up along the way from loss of hope. There is a lot of money involved in these reclaims and you should persist until you are given what is rightfully yours.

Once you have successfully written-off your loan, it is your right to reclaim PPI and ask for a refund if it happens that it was mis-sold to you. The refund can add up to thousands of dollars which could be very reliable taking into consideration you've just come out of a debt and might be a bit drained of cash.

Yet again we are seeing another huge scandal involving the banks and insurance companies. For years the banks and insurance companies have been selling payment protection insurance (PPI)  to its customers who take out loans, credit cards and mortgages. Government scrutiny has revealed that banks and insurers were guilty of providing mis-sold PPI in over 60% of cases. Where there has been mis-selling the financial ombudsman has now said that the costs of the loan need to be repaid to the customer. This can amount to thousands of pounds. Where the PPI policy was taken out to cover the interest payments on a mortgage then a refund payment could amount to tens of thousands of pounds.