Firm analysis

BISL Limited complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving BISL Limited, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Page summary

321 published decisions involving BISL Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

321

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

22.1%

71 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 22 Dec 2025

Published decisions

321

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

22.1%

71 upheld decisions

Leading product

Insurance (excluding PPI)

191 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

21 tagged decisions

BISL Limited at a glance

BISL Limited appears in 321 published decisions in this corpus. 22.1% of those decisions were upheld, which gives a public view of how often complaints involving this firm ended in a fully upheld outcome in the final published set.

Insurance (excluding PPI) is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 191 decisions and an upheld rate of 20.9%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2025 (27 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Most common precedent signal: Disp

Volume and outcome trajectory

BISL Limited's decision trail runs from 2013 to 2025. That range gives enough public history to see whether complaint exposure has been broad-based or concentrated into certain years.

In the latest year represented here, BISL Limited appeared in 27 published decisions with an upheld rate of 29.6%.

  • 2025: 27 decisions, 29.6% upheld
  • 2024: 23 decisions, 43.5% upheld
  • 2023: 20 decisions, 40.0% upheld
  • 2022: 13 decisions, 7.7% upheld
  • 2021: 33 decisions, 12.1% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Delay In Claim Handling is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to BISL Limited in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Disp, Icobs are the most visible precedent signals in the firm’s published decisions. That gives extra context on the rules and fairness arguments appearing most often around the firm.

  • Insurance (excluding PPI): 191 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Non-disclosure Or Misrepresentation
  • Second precedent signal: Icobs

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-588585022 Dec 2025Not upheld

BISL Limited · Insurance

DRN-5885850 The complaint Mrs S complains that BISL Limited cancelled her motor insurance policy. She wants compensation for the inconvenience this has caused. What happened Mrs S’s policy was renewed through BISL, her broker/policy administrator, with no claims having been made within... (2 pages)

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DRN-588972618 Dec 2025Not upheld

BISL Limited · Insurance

DRN-5889726 The complaint Mr O has complained that BISL Limited did not cancel his policy despite him asking it to do this within the 14 day cooling-off period. Any reference to BISL includes its agents or trading names. What happened Mr O took out a policy through BISL which started on... (3 pages)

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DRN-588804926 Nov 2025Not upheld

BISL Limited · Insurance

DRN-5888049 The complaint Mr R complains about BISL Limited trading as Budget Insurance Services (“BISL”) and the service they provided after he contacted them to make a claim on his motor insurance policy What happened The claim and complaint circumstances are well known to both parties... (4 pages)

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DRN-595703224 Nov 2025Upheld

BISL Limited · Insurance

DRN-5957032 The complaint Mr H complains about the actions of BISL Limited (‘BISL’) when renewing his motor insurance policy and the service provided overall. BISL sold and administered this policy on behalf of the policy insurer. This decision will only consider the actions of BISL. Wh... (3 pages)

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DRN-574047028 Oct 2025Not upheld

BISL Limited · Insurance

DRN-5740470 The complaint Miss B complains that her broker BISL Limited gave her incorrect advice about the cover provided by her motor insurance policy for driving other cars. She wants it to cover her costs. What happened Miss B had an accident whilst she was driving a relative’s car... (2 pages)

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