With premiums netting a lender up to 90% profit it is little wonder that across the globe each year millions of Payment protection policies are pressed onto unsuspecting borrowers. The range of cover went from home protection and car cover, through education and onto any loan for any purpose. The way the selling was set up meant that at every turn each part of the loan procurement industry was incentivised to get the product sold at all costs. Rewards for selling were very lucrative and many significant commissions could be earned. As a result of the money that could be earned agents tended to push and mislead consumers into believing that a particular policy was mandatory, when in fact it was not. Borrowers applying for anything from a credit card, mortgage, to a personal loan with a financial institution were told that they had to sign up for the PPI or they would not get the advance they sought.
What is PPI
A PPI Policy is an instrument which would cover an individual in the event that occurs which prevents the loan or contractual payment being made on time or at all. For instance redundancy in today's difficult economic would be a factor that might lead to a call on the insurance. The problem with the selling was that agents or bank employees driving by commission would sell the insurance without fully detailing the pluses or negatives of the policy and without outlining the exclusions or checking of a personal would actually benefit from the policy at all. The unemployed, self employed or pregnant could never have claimed and yet they were still sold the policies.  Unfortunately, unsuspecting borrowers were offered the unfair ultimatum of purchasing a policy they do not want, need, nor understand else they may denied the credit for which they are applying.
What to do if you are a victim of a mis-sold policy
In the event you have been falsely led to believe that your purchase of a PPI was mandatory, you may be entitled to compensation. Alternatively even if you were not told it was mandatory you may also be able to claim of you could never have been able to claim because of your circumstances. In most instances, your money can be restored in as little as eight weeks, so act quickly and get yourself a claims management company. If you cannot find one the writer will be able to assist.
Information provided by Steve Thatcher of Help With Debt (UK) Limited and total debt solutions company.
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Estimated Car/Driving Insurance??
I was looking for an estimated cost of auto insurance under the following criteria:
Female, 23 years old, no accidents, non smoker, seat belt wearer, 2001 Toyota Corolla (white), lives in Kentucky (I don't believe that matters).
If you need more info, just let me know and I'll add to the question.
Would like a monthly and yearly estimate. Thanks.
It might run around $150 per month depending on the type of insurance. Maybe more.
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According to statistics, a person will die in a vehicle crash every 12 seconds in the United States. Statistics also show that vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for Americans age 35 and younger, and a startling 98% of reported accidents involve a single distracted driver.
Distractions include rubbernecking (watching other drivers and accidents), driver fatigue, looking at scenery, passenger- or child-related distractions, adjusting the radio, and cell phone use. In fact, a new study confirms that the reaction time of cell phone users slows dramatically, increasing the risk of accidents and tying up traffic in general.
The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association reports that in 1990, approximately 4.3 million people subscribed to wireless communication devices such as cell phones; in May 2007, that number was 236 million. With increased reliance on cell phones, the number of people using them while driving has naturally increased. There are predominantly two dangers associated with driving while using cell phones: drivers must take their eyes off the road to dial, and people become so absorbed in their conversations that their ability to concentrate on driving is impaired.
University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer, in a study on cell phone use and auto accidents, said, "If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old who is not using a cell phone." Strayer's study was published in the quarterly journal Human Factors.
Each year, cell phone distraction while driving causes approximately 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States. Because data on cell phone use is somewhat limited, the actual numbers of deaths and injuries may be much higher. Strayer and his colleagues have found that even hands-free cell phone use distracts drivers. They explain that the drivers are looking but they're not really seeing because they are distracted by the conversation they are engaged in.
According to this study, scientists found that motorists talking on cell phones while driving are less adept than drunk drivers with blood alcohol levels beyond the legal limit of .08. The cell phone users' impaired reactions involved seconds, not just fractions of seconds, so stopping distances increased by car-lengths, not feet.
Motorists who use cell phones while driving are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The July 2005 study suggested that banning hand-held cell phone use wouldn't improve safety if drivers simply switch to hands-free phones and continue to talk and be distracted. The study concluded that crash and injury risk did not vary with type of cell phone used. In 2001, New York passed the first law banning hand-held cell phone use while driving prompting a national debate on the extent of the danger cell phone use while driving poses.
In May 2007, Washington state became the first state to ban the practice of text messaging while driving; the fine for DWT (driving while texting) is $101, but it is a secondary offense, meaning the driver must be pulled over for some other infraction before the DWT penalty can be imposed.
While cell phones play an integral role in our society, the convenience they offer may be coming at a very high price.
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