Welcome to the latest edition of Ombudsman News. In this edition we highlight our latest data, covering complaints about financial products and services between April and June 2023. We also share the progress of our extended trial to proactively settle complaints and tell you about the roles we’re currently recruiting for.

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Motor and buildings insurance complaints hit five-year high

Our latest quarterly complaints data on financial products and services is now available. It shows that between April and June this financial year, complaints about motor and buildings insurance have reached their highest level in five years.

You can find the full data, including the number of enquiries and new complaints we’ve received, and the proportion of complaints we resolved in favour of consumers, on our website.

 

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These are remote roles, but you'll need to travel to a regional hub in Edinburgh or Manchester once every eight weeks.

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Making an offer to proactively settle a complaint

Since we announced we’re extending the trial of our ‘proactively settled’ complaints category, we’ve helped resolve over 900 complaints. This helped consumers get fair and quicker resolutions.

We’ve worked closely with stakeholders and businesses to gather feedback and identify complaints that have the potential to be resolved early.

You can find information about how to proactively settle complaints and examples of case studies on our website.

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