The financial regulator has been busy heavily fining Payment Protection companies in many situations for not treating customers honestly, and the Competition Commission has scrutinized the market and made some demands on lenders, also including outlawing transactions within a week of selling a credit card or loan and totally banning single premium plans.
The outcome of action brought in accordance with consumers' mis-sold loan protection policy will be binding and sets a precedent for future consumer legislation to come. What really matters is that the consumer is completely recompensed for all the money which has been lost. The law in the UK is these days firmly entrenched in defiance of the rogue traders who perform this malpractice.
When thinking about your mis-sold loan protection policy you must also bear in mind your loss of time together with the loss of your funds. Subsequent legal action must come up with a resolution which serves the interests of both. Only by succeeding in both these can you be truly satisfied.
The financial ombudsman (FOS) has complained to the regulator in that it thinks lenders are knowingly trying to frustrate the ombudsman procedure. It maintains that some lending sources have been guilty of opposing all consumer bids to reclaim their loss, and in the year ending 2009 89% of cases of peoples' mis-sold loan protection policy seen by the ombudsman were found in the consumer's favour.