Abbey To Be Fined

Abbey To Be Fined

It seems that Abbey, owned by Banco Santander, is to be fined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over its endowment mortgage complaint procedures.

The FSA are now punishing providers for not only mis-selling endowment products, but also for failing to handle the complaints properly.

There have been two firms fined to date for mishandling complaints, Allied Dunbar and Friends Provident, both of which were fined £700K.

Despite warnings from the FSA it seems that a number of providers are content to ignore their duty to investors.

In other words, some life assurance companies don't "give a stuff" about the policy holders.

Complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman are expected to pass 65,000 in the year to April 2005, and more than 700,000 policies are surrendered short of maturity each year.