The Road Ahead For PPI Claims

The Background
Even though much recent conversation of the need to protect the interests of the UK’s financial services industry and the key players within the industry, 2011 developed into, in many ways, the year of the clients.
The idea was displayed no better than when the British Banker’s Association all but abandoned its legal fight over the ppi insurance (PPI). 

PPI policies are built to cover loan repayments if someone falls unwell or loses their job. Last year the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Financial Ombudsman (FOS) saw that of the 16 million of these policies sold to consumers since 2005, many of these may have been mis-sold to customers who did not need the policy, or indeed know it was being sold to them.
Some others come across that despite having expensive premiums, they couldn’t claim on the policies when they necessary to. 

In its policy document issued in August 2010, the FSA required all banks and other PPI companies to review their previous sales to see if there was any indications of mis-selling, as well as provide reimbursement in respect of genuine PPI claims.
This ended up being ultimately challenged in the legal courts by the BBA nonetheless, in May this year, their law suit immediately collapsed: and consequently right afterward the British Bankers' Association stated they would no longer challenge the ruling of the high court.

The FSA Is Watching
Most of the industry should by now understand the seriousness that the FSA attaches to prompt and beneficial customer redress programmes and that the penalties of failure almost constantly include Enforcement measure.
Having contested off an unsuccessful industry fight, the FSA will be keeping a scrupulous eye on industry compliance in PPI complaints managing and redress going forth and has therefore indicated that next year there will be a step up in thematic visits to firms.
The FSA is genuinely conscientious to the risk of a repeat of the PPI problems and earlier this year it circulated its recommendations for powers to intervene and ban products that it considered adequately risky. 
One subject is clear - those organisations that have failed in their responsibility to treat customers fairly in the past will shell out a significant cost, hopefully determining that this is one lesson that will not be ignored. 
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