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Were you ever offered PPI on your mortgage? Was it ever told to you that Payment Protection Insurance over your mortgage was compulsory?
If yes …then you are very well a candidate of PPI claim back case.
Please note that the PPI process is a little bit time consuming and would need a fair amount of patience from the customer side.
Please do not get discouraged due to the time factor as the success rate for PPI claim back is increasing every day. All it needs to start is remembering how it all got started.
Either you would have walked down to the agency or bank for your
requirements or it was some salesperson who contacted you by phone or in person. The idea is to find out the responsible authority who sold you the policy. This agency needs to be contacted. The ideal start would be to drop them a mail or courier your request.
This should be in turn supported by valid paperwork that you had received when subscribing the policy. Remember that the more solid the documentation is the more you are nearer to Mortgage PPI reclaim.
The agency/bank will always try to delay the whole process as this the most common tactics they apply. They will always try to reject the claims or put it on hold. Here they are trying to test your patience and your level of enthusiasm on how far you go to make it done.
The ideal approach would be to follow them up and explain them that you are not satisfied with the efforts they are giving to fix the issue.
Frankly speaking if you are truly lucky then by this time you have already got your PPI claim back. For the not so lucky ones it is time now to file an official complain to the FOS (Financial Ombudsman Service).
This is a real masterstroke because according to the statistics more than 90% of reclaim PPI events are adjudicated in favor of the consumer.
Even after all this you are still unable to reclaim PPI charges then you need to reevaluate the whole effort that you put into and find out what was missing. This does not necessarily mean that something was missing. Please note that if anything is missing its luck.
Often a strong option is to go to a lawyer or a PPI claim specialist. You will find numerous firms offering this service. A good claims management firm will know all the tips and tricks of the trade and it will, hopefully be just be a matter of time till you get your PPI claim back.