During the time ofthe credit crisis, you should consider whether you would have the cover the ppi policy gives you or to make appi refund for the costs you paid.  Some policies are generally fairly good value and some of us might want to keep them, but most only pay out for a single year if we fall sick or unemployed.  It  is very important to think that generally they do not pay the entire loan off of the policyholder, just the monthly loan repayments.  We should generally be better off making a ppi claim than having one year payments made.  So, check your loan agreement and determine your best option for you.  You also have to remember that  if you have made a successful claim on the payment protection insurance policy,you can still make  ppi claims but the amount of payout you will receive will be reduced by any money paid to you under the policy.

Payment protection insurance or ppi has been sold by a lot of banks and lending companies against loans, mortgages and credit cards.Sometimes, people were  misled into believing that ppi is an essential part of the loan, or have discovered that ppi has just appeared without them asking for it.Often ppi has been sold without the sales representative checking first that the policy was suitable,and sometimes it is just so expensive that you would never be able to get a refund, no matter how many times you were ill or out of work while under the policy.

A lot of policyholders are also complaining because they cannot use their cover because of various reasons of mis-selling.Millions of policies were believed to be mis-sold and because of this, the policyholders will never be able to make a claim when they needed it.If in case,the policy was mis-sold to you,then you can certainly claim a ppi refund against your bank or lending company.  It does not matter whether the loan has been paid off or is still running.  It the loan was taken out more than six years ago,you will probably need the documents as the bank or lending company may have destroyed their copy.

There are four main ways on how you may have been mis-sold this policy and because of this,you may be eligible to make a ppi claim and get back the money you paid for it.  These are:

If you were told by the sales representative of the bank or lending company that you had to have a ppi then this policy was mis-sold to you.

If the cost of the policy was just added on to your loan documents without you asking for it.

If the policy was not appropriate to you in some ways.

if the policy sold to you was so expensive.

If any of these things happened to you,then you can make a ppi claim against the financial institution.