Ombudsman logs 20% drop in Sipp complaints
Number of self-invested personal pension cases taken on by the FOS rose by 107%
Number of self-invested personal pension cases taken on by the FOS rose by 107%
Insurers should be continually looking to improve their dealings with customer services
Companies that can’t maintain, if not improve, service quality will be left behind
As rising costs often mean ‘good’ firms are hit by the fallout when others go bad
It also logged a large increase in historical cases from over 15 years ago
Phoenix Group and The Share Centre take top spots for investments and pensions but show improvement
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Companies complain that local requirements are costly and unnecessary
Phoenix and Share Centre most complained about for investments and pensions, respectively
Nearly 60% of self-invested personal pension complaints upheld
In a recent IFA survey, 83% thought the financial ombudsman treated them as “guilty until proven innocent”
Intrinsic Financial Planning has been ordered by the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to compensate a client who says he was not aware of the charges that were applied to his pension on transfer.