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Information About Your Mis-Sold PPI

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Jonathan L Walker

Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) was designed to be sold in association with all sorts of monetary borrowings, such as transactions involving credit cards, store cards, and secured or unsecured loans, to protect the borrowers. It will take care of your repayments for a preset period if you have lost your source of income as a result of redundancy, illness, or an accident, for instance.

Borrowers can rest easy, if they have appropriate Payment Protection Insurance, because then they have certain safeguards against adverse financial circumstances. However, there have been reports about PPI in the press recently because some loan companies and other financial institutions have been selling inappropriate PPI or adding it to finance contracts without the borrower realizing.

The right Payment Protection Insurance cover is a valuable asset in terms of the financial security and peace of mind that it gives to a borrower. If you have lost your source of income for a time because of some unexpected circumstance, such as redundancy, suffering an accident or illness, then the Insurance Company will meet you repayments. This means your finances will have protection against any missing payments and your credit rating will be safe.

Payment Protection Insurance is never obligatory, although some lenders will try to convince you that this cover is an integral part of your loan and must be taken. You can always take out a loan without this type of cover, and you should examine the benefits of any PPI policy to make sure it suits your needs and decide for yourself.

It is not essential to take out Payment Protection Insurance when you arrange a loan. But PPI can give the peace of mind and financial security that many borrowers will need. PPI varies greatly in price and conditions and with some providers will be quite pricey. You are not bound to take your PPI from the lender, who is providing your loan, and it is a good idea to list your requirements and shop around for the best price.

You may find that you have been offered a quotation from your lender for a finance deal with Payment Protection Insurance already added on. Consequently, many people have taken out PPI without knowing about it. When you are enquiring about a loan or some other form of finance, you should check your quotation carefully. You should ascertain whether it includes a PPI component or not.

A standard PPI policy will not be suitable for everyone, and could well be a waste of your money, altogether. For instance, it would not be appropriate for a self-employed person to pay for insurance cover guaranteeing repayments in the event of redundancy.
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This article is written by Jonathan L Walker, on behalf of Claims Management UK, specialising in helping people with their Mis-Sold PPI

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Article Submitted: 2008-07-09 | This Article has been viewed 243 times.

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