PPI industry set for massive upheaval, says Defaqto

Defaqto’s latest report, “Payment Protection Insurance – 2008 – The party’s over ” has predicted that over the next two years there will be a massive upheaval in the industry as lenders, underwriters and consumers are forced to adjust to consequences that will flow from the judgements of the Competition Commission.

With an annual turnover of around £4.5bn and profits in the order of £1.5bn the industry is likely to suffer a severe dilution of profits when the Competition Commission’s statement of remedies is published. If this includes de-coupling the sale of PPI from that of the credit product, this in itself would have a huge impact on the industry.

As a consequence of the inevitable tightening of the rules under which PPI can be sold, costs and charges across a wide range of other financial products and

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