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Thousands get extension to complain about PPI

June 3, 2010 by Reno  
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It has been reported that tens of thousands of consumers who may be looking to make a complaint about PPI, or Payment Protection Insurance, have been given an extension to the deadline to make their complaint by the UK’s financial regulator, the .

The normal deadline for PPI complaints in relation to being mis-sold the cover is six months. However, the FSA has extended the deadline for five months for those whose complaints were rejected by firms between November 28th last year April 28th this year. It is thought that around fifty five thousand people could benefit from the extension.

The additional five month period that has been granted by the FSA means that the tens of thousands of people whose complaints were turned down between November last year and April this year now have until towards the end of October this year to complain.

There was a delay in the FSA’s own plans whilst it decided how companies should be made to deal with PPI complaints. However, the regulator did not want consumers to suffer as a result of the delays, and this is why it has decided that it should extend the complaint deadline.

PPI has been at the centre of controversy for some time, and there have been investigations carried out showing that many people were mis-sold these policies, which were often sold to those that did not want them or were under the impression that they had to have the insurance cover in order to get the finance that they wanted.

One consumer said: “I’m glad that the FSA decided to extend the deadline, as otherwise I would have missed out on my chance to complain and possibly get a refund on cover that I believe to have been mis-sold to me.”

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