Year + product analysis

Payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints in 2017

A curated public analysis of Payment protection insurance (PPI) in 2017, combining annual and product-level signals from the published Financial Ombudsman decision corpus.

Page summary

7,786 published FOS decisions in Payment protection insurance (PPI) during 2017, with upheld-rate context, firm concentration, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

7,786

Decision volume in this year-product slice

Upheld rate

21.2%

1,652 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 28 Dec 2017

Published decisions

7,786

Decision volume in this year-product slice

Upheld rate

21.2%

1,652 upheld decisions

Leading firm

Bank of Scotland Plc

1,824 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Affordability Assessment Failure

1,226 tagged decisions

Payment protection insurance (PPI) in 2017

7,786 published decisions in the corpus sit in Payment protection insurance (PPI) for 2017. 21.2% 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 1,824 published decisions.

  • 2017: 7,786 decisions, 21.2% upheld
  • Leading complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure
  • Leading precedent signal: Disp

Firm concentration and issue profile

Bank of Scotland Plc, Lloyds Bank PLC, HSBC Bank plc, and others are the firms most often associated with Payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints in 2017. 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: 1,824 decisions, 3.3% upheld
  • Lloyds Bank PLC: 1,238 decisions, 5.4% upheld
  • HSBC Bank plc: 710 decisions, 46.5% upheld
  • MBNA Limited: 584 decisions, 42.8% upheld
  • Barclays Bank Plc: 445 decisions, 24.7% 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

DRN003592528 Dec 2017Not upheld

HSBC Bank plc · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

Mr S complains that HSBC Bank plc (“HSBC”) mis-sold him a mortgage payment protection insurance (“PPI”) policy.backgroundMr S told us that he was very unhappy that PPI was added to his mortgage without his knowledge or consent. He said, if he’d known the policy was offe... (2 pages)

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DRN004484828 Dec 2017Upheld

National Westminster Bank Plc · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

This complaint is about a credit card payment protection insurance (PPI) policy taken out in 2008. Mr W says National Westminster Bank Plc mis-sold him the PPI.my findingsI’ve considered all the available evidence and arguments to decide what is fair and reasonable ... (2 pages)

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DRN078033928 Dec 2017Upheld

Bank of Scotland Plc · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

This complaint is about a credit card payment protection insurance (PPI) policy taken out in October 2000. Mr L says Bank of Scotland Plc (trading as Halifax) mis-sold him the PPI. my findingsI’ve considered all the available evidence and arguments to decide what is... (2 pages)

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DRN143929028 Dec 2017Upheld

Bank of Scotland Plc · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

This complaint is about a monthly premium payment protection insurance (‘PPI’) policy taken out with a mortgage in 1988. Mr and Mrs R say Bank of Scotland Plc (‘BoS’), trading as Halifax, mis-sold them the PPI. my findingsI’ve considered all the available evidence ... (2 pages)

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DRN213917328 Dec 2017Not upheld

Lloyds Bank PLC · Payment protection insurance (PPI)

Mr B complains that Lloyds Bank PLC mis-sold him a payment protection insurance (“PPI”) policy. backgroundIn 1996 Mr B took out a loan in one of the bank’s branches along with a PPI policy to protect the loan monthly repayments. He borrowed extra and paid upfront for t... (2 pages)

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