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Loan protection insurance or PPI is a type of the insurance that provides cover for debt repayments in the event the borrower is unable to work. In the UK most loan protection
insurance policies usually gives assurance of repayment of the loan for twelve to twenty four (12 to 24) months. It is also gives its protection in the case of the death of a person.
In the UK loan protection insurance is provided by different insurance companies and often sold by banks and other lending institutions and can be known as the following names:
In the UK, over the past 10 year, many companies have oversold and missold PPI loan protection insurance to tens of thousands of consumers The media has reported that the misselling of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) has been carried out by lenders such as:
The banks have offered commissions for PPI loan protection insurance to staff
The sale of PPI loan protection policies was typically encouraged by large commissions, as the insurance would commonly make the bank/provider more money than the interest on the original loan such that many mainstream personal loan providers may make no profit on the loans themselves; all or almost all profit is derived from PPI commission and profit shares.
If you feel you may have been a victim of missold loan protection insurance and you’re not sure what do to next – get in touch with us. We should be able to sort out which company is involved and pursue then for compensation.