COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
We’re sorry that we haven’t met your expectations and that you’re unhappy with some aspect of our service.
By making a complaint you’re giving us the opportunity to investigate, and to improve our service for you and other customers.
FINANCE and INSURANCE COMPLAINTS:
We value all our customers and aim to provide a first-class service at all times, including in complaints handling. Our complaints handling process for finance and insurance complaints which are products regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (UK) is detailed below.
All complaints received are treated with confidentiality and in accordance within the requirement of data protection legislation.
We will always strive to investigate and resolve your complaint promptly and fairly and as a minimum, we will ensure that we:
- Acknowledge your complaint in writing within5 working daysof receipt.
- Investigate your complaintfully and impartiallyobtaining all information as necessary.
- Within4 weekswe will write to you with either an interim orfinal responseconfirming either the progress of our investigation detailing the reasons for delay, or a response which confirms.
- Ourfinal responseto you will set out our final view on the issues raised in your complaint and tell you whether we are accepting or rejecting your complaint. In both circumstances, we shall provide a full explanation of how we have reached a decision.
If once you have received our final response or after eight weeks, you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to refer your complaint to:
UK: The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)
Address: Exchange Tower, London E14 9SR
Tel: 0800 023 4567 or 0300 123 9123
E-mail:complaint.info@financial-ombudsman.org.uk
For more information please visitwww.financial-ombudsman.org.uk