Year + product analysis

Payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints in 2016

A curated public analysis of Payment protection insurance (PPI) in 2016, combining annual and product-level signals from the published Financial Ombudsman decision corpus.

Page summary

13,292 published FOS decisions in Payment protection insurance (PPI) during 2016, with upheld-rate context, firm concentration, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

13,292

Decision volume in this year-product slice

Upheld rate

31.9%

4,240 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 30 Dec 2016

Published decisions

13,292

Decision volume in this year-product slice

Upheld rate

31.9%

4,240 upheld decisions

Leading firm

Bank of Scotland Plc

2,259 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Affordability Assessment Failure

1,178 tagged decisions

Payment protection insurance (PPI) in 2016

13,292 published decisions in the corpus sit in Payment protection insurance (PPI) for 2016. 31.9% of those decisions were upheld, which makes this a strong public cross-section for understanding how one product behaved in one specific year.

Bank of Scotland Plc is the most visible firm inside this year-product slice, with 2,259 published decisions.

  • 2016: 13,292 decisions, 31.9% upheld
  • Leading complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure
  • Leading precedent signal: Fsma

Firm concentration and issue profile

Bank of Scotland Plc, HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds Bank PLC, and others are the firms most often associated with Payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints in 2016. This gives a much tighter public view than the standalone year or product pages alone.

affordability assessment failure, delay in claim handling, communication failure, and others are the strongest complaint-theme signals in this year-product combination.

  • Bank of Scotland Plc: 2,259 decisions, 5.9% upheld
  • HSBC Bank plc: 2,242 decisions, 64.0% upheld
  • Lloyds Bank PLC: 1,133 decisions, 14.9% upheld
  • Nationwide Building Society: 1,097 decisions, 22.0% upheld
  • Barclays Bank Plc: 881 decisions, 23.2% upheld

Handling implications and precedent context

The advisory layer for Payment protection insurance (PPI) points to recurring handling implications here, including review consumer credit act 1974 precedent (appears in 5.2% of cases), review disp precedent (appears in 5.1% of cases), review icobs precedent (appears in 4.6% of cases), and others.

There is no strong “what loses” signal exposed for this product at the current advisory granularity.

  • Leading complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN016649830 Dec 2016Upheld

The Co-operative Bank Plc · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

Mr and Mrs F complain they were mis-sold mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) by The Co-operative Bank Plc (“Co-operative”).backgroundMr and Mrs F re-mortgaged their house with Co-operative in 2008. They say they met with an adviser in a branch of Co-operative and ... (2 pages)

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DRN041088630 Dec 2016Not upheld

Lloyds Bank PLC · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

Mr H says Lloyds Bank plc (Lloyds) mis-sold him a regular monthly premium payment protection insurance (PPI) policy. backgroundLloyds sold Mr H the PPI with a credit card in 1998. The PPI included unemployment, accident and sickness cover and cost around £0.79 for ev... (2 pages)

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DRN076316330 Dec 2016Upheld

Nationwide Building Society · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

Mr and Mrs S complain that Nationwide Building Society (“Nationwide”) mis-sold them a mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) policy.backgroundMr and Mrs S took out a mortgage and MPPI policy with Nationwide in 2003. They say they were told they had to have the polic... (3 pages)

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DRN163708330 Dec 2016Upheld

Nationwide Building Society · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

Mr D has complained that Nationwide Building Society mis-sold him single premium payment protection insurance (“PPI”).backgroundMr D and his late wife took out two loans with Nationwide in 1997 and 1999. He has complained that PPI was mis-sold with both loans.Our adjudi... (3 pages)

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DRN210013330 Dec 2016Not upheld

Yorkshire Building Society · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

Mr A says Yorkshire Building Society (“YBS”) mis-sold him a payment protection insurance (MPPI) on his mortgage.backgroundI issued my provisional decision in November 2016. I explained that I’d considered all of the available evidence and arguments from both parties to de... (1 page)

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