Year + product analysis

Insurance (excluding PPI) complaints in 2018

A curated public analysis of Insurance (excluding PPI) in 2018, combining annual and product-level signals from the published Financial Ombudsman decision corpus.

Page summary

5,549 published FOS decisions in Insurance (excluding PPI) during 2018, with upheld-rate context, firm concentration, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

5,549

Decision volume in this year-product slice

Upheld rate

33.2%

1,841 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2018

Published decisions

5,549

Decision volume in this year-product slice

Upheld rate

33.2%

1,841 upheld decisions

Leading firm

UK Insurance Limited

562 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

1,139 tagged decisions

Insurance (excluding PPI) in 2018

5,549 published decisions in the corpus sit in Insurance (excluding PPI) for 2018. 33.2% of those decisions were upheld, which makes this a strong public cross-section for understanding how one product behaved in one specific year.

UK Insurance Limited is the most visible firm inside this year-product slice, with 562 published decisions.

  • 2018: 5,549 decisions, 33.2% upheld
  • Leading complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Leading precedent signal: Icobs

Firm concentration and issue profile

UK Insurance Limited, Aviva Insurance Limited, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc, and others are the firms most often associated with Insurance (excluding PPI) complaints in 2018. This gives a much tighter public view than the standalone year or product pages alone.

delay in claim handling, policy wording ambiguity, non-disclosure or misrepresentation, and others are the strongest complaint-theme signals in this year-product combination.

  • UK Insurance Limited: 562 decisions, 29.9% upheld
  • Aviva Insurance Limited: 285 decisions, 24.6% upheld
  • Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc: 260 decisions, 34.2% upheld
  • Ageas Insurance Limited: 243 decisions, 40.7% upheld
  • AXA Insurance UK Plc: 205 decisions, 31.2% upheld

Handling implications and precedent context

The advisory layer for Insurance (excluding PPI) points to recurring handling implications here, including review disp precedent (appears in 0.5% of cases), review icobs precedent (appears in 0.5% of cases), review insurance act 2015 precedent (appears in 0.2% of cases), and others.

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

  • Leading complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN000365531 Dec 2018Not upheld

Allianz Insurance Plc · Insurance (excluding PPI)

Mr H and Miss H complain that Allianz Insurance Plc (Allianz) settled a claim, against their policy, as a fault one when they believe it should have been defended and the third party held at fault.backgroundMr H was involved in an accident on 3 September 2017. He was ... (2 pages)

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DRN019138331 Dec 2018Not upheld

British Gas Insurance Limited · Insurance (excluding PPI)

Mr M is unhappy that British Gas Insurance Limited (“British Gas”) is applying a cap on whatit will pay out under his home emergency policy.background Mr M has a HomeCare policy with British Gas which includes cover for the boiler and centralheating at his tenante... (4 pages)

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DRN048586231 Dec 2018Not upheld

The Society of Lloyd's · Insurance (excluding PPI)

Mr M is unhappy with the settlement offered by Society of Lloyd’s for his claim for accidental damage to a television under his home insurance.backgroundIn December 2017 Mr M accidentally damaged his television set. He made a claim to Lloyd’s who arranged for an engineer ... (2 pages)

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DRN153603931 Dec 2018Upheld

Admiral Insurance Company Limited · Insurance (excluding PPI)

Mr D complained about Admiral Insurance Company Limited’s handling of a claim on his motor insurance policy for a replacement windscreen.Reference to Admiral includes their agents.backgroundMr D’s windscreen was cracked in November 2017. He claimed under his policy and wa... (3 pages)

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DRN171033431 Dec 2018Not upheld

MCE Insurance Company Limited · Insurance (excluding PPI)

Mr M complained because MCE Insurance Company Limited voided (cancelled from the start) his motorcycle insurance policy.backgroundWhen Mr M applied for his policy he was asked a number of questions. Of relevance to this complaint, he was asked where the motorcycle was k... (2 pages)

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