Hows about a bit of industry news, ready? Ok… Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) provider Cardif Pinnacle is to be the new supplier of the product to Yorkshire Building Society customers. Speaking about the deal, Cardif Pinnacle’s Chief Commercial Officer said: “Being chosen to partner Yorkshire Building Society in this competitive market is a great endorsement of the product and service we can provide”.

This news may be a little bigger than you think as Yorkshire Building Society is the UK’s second largest building society and many people’s PPI claims stand to be affected by the agreement. Mind you Cardif Pinnacle aint no slouches either, they’re the UK insurance arm of banking group BNP Paribas, those lot that always advertise at the French Open.

It’s the end of the year, a time to take stock and buy lots of presents and other stuff, all of which means you may realise you’re skint. So, what do you do about it? Well, a new year’s resolution may be a good place to start – ‘Spend less, save more’ or something like that. But if you fancy some advice on how to bring in more cash and control what you’ve got, check out this 5 step plan to clear debts from the Telegraph. Merry Christmas!

Surprise, surprise – recent figures from the Financial Ombudsman (FOS )show that banks and other insurance providers are still failing to deal with payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints from their customers.

In an optimistic statement earlier this year, the banking industry Ombudsman predicted the number of PPI claims would fall from around 30,000 to 25,000. But now we’re at the end of the year we can see that complaints have instead hit a record high of 45,000 which is a 45% increase on last year.  In total, the FOS is dealing with over 800 complaints a week from financial customers about getting their unfair payments back.

Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) – When you didn’t need it, you were paying for it and now you need it, you can’t afford it. Sound familiar? Thosands of homeowners across the UK are facing the dilemma of needed to spend a little more every month to pay for Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) incase they lose their job.

There’s no hiding that PPI has had a very bad time of late with mis-sold PPI being the main reason. But with a recent Fitch Ratings report showing that 15% of prime mortgages are in negative equity, appropriate PPI has never been a more attractive proposition.