Are you financially protected?

Payment Protection Insurance or PPI, as it's refered to in the thousands of financial adverts that seem to depress our television sets, is a term coined for an insurance policy that covers your payments when you are unable to pay. Sounds straightforward now right?If you ever take out a loan, mortgage, rent any form of product then odds are that someone has either mentioned Payment protection or just applied it automatically to which by the way is very wrong indeed because it isn't compulsory. You should be made fully aware of the insurance policy and what it means. So here I am to explain what it is, how it benefits you and how you can be Mis Sold PPI. 

When you are unable to meet a regular payment then Payment protection is supposed to step in and cover the payment in cases of Illness, accidents, unemployment, being made redundant and so forth. Of course the benefit speaks for itself. You can focus on getting back to work while the insurance policy keeps you moving forward so you’re not pulling your hair out trying to pay off whatever mess you're in. There are many ways to get Payment protection. As I said earlier you may have been given it automatically or you can get a quote online in not time. These policies can be specific to individual payments such as a loan or a mortgage or you can go for more general policies that can meet almost all monthly outgoing payments. However there's a big problem. Recent years have slated PPI as being mis-sold and thus being worthless for millions of people. This means that certain people were being sold it under false pretences resulting in many people not even being eligible to use it. It's important that whoever offers you the insurance Policy must fully explain the terms and conditions such as If you are a student, retired, self-employed, already unemployed or have certain medical conditions then you are not eligible to make a claim.

 

In such cases of mis-sold Payment Protection you should make a complaint. Complaints have been reeled in over the past few years and will be taken seriously. If you have any doubts over the conditions of your policy or its value for you, complain to your bank or credit provider or mortgage broker who sold you the plan. There are online claiming agents who will help you with writing the claim. Once you have written a complaint you should send it to your bank and they have a maximum of 8 weeks to respond.