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Yes but I thought it was laid out somewhere on the ombudsman's website that they would come to you with a draft decision and invite you to make final comments on it. Have I got that wrong?

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Yes I understand that. You said that before. However you are missing the point that I seem to remember that somewhere the ombudsman's process is described and in that description it says that you will be given sight of the draft decision and invited to make any final comments before the decision is finalised.

Have I got that wrong?
If that's correct, then where is that piece of writing please?

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@BankFodder I believe its this bit you want 

Taking your complaint further

If you or the business don’t want to accept what we’ve said, you can ask for your case to be referred to an ombudsman.

The ombudsman will then look at all the details of your complaint afresh, and make a final decision. As part of this process the ombudsman may decide to issue a provisional decision which will set out the decision he/she is minded to make on your case. The ombudsman will then ask both parties to make any final representations which he/she will consider before issuing a final decision on your case. 

Once a final decision is issued, you will be asked to confirm by a specified date whether you accept or reject it. If you accept the ombudsman's decision, the business has to do what the ombudsman has told them to do. This might, for example, include making the business pay you compensation.

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Thank you.

I see that it simply says that the ombudsman "may decide"….

That's unfortunate. I thought that the ombudsman was obliged to do that.

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Yes but that only happens in the event that the ombudsman has decided to exercise discretion and generate a provisional report.

The asking of both parties to make final representations is predicated on the ombudsman's decision whether or not to generate a provisional report.

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@BankFodder ok it's unfortunate thenx

 

@BankFodder I think we were thinking on the lines of the adjudicator didjt look at the complaint afresh she carried on the investigation based off what the initial investigator had been looking at and didn't speak to me but was filtering information through her so wasn't really seen as "afresh"

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Ok well if you are happy with the letter, wait for a few hours for any feedback from the others and then send it recorded delivery and by email as well to the independent assessor email address

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Now we have to start turning our attention to Aviva.

This thread has gone on a long time and I expect there will be more to add

I think that it will be a good idea to start a new thread.

 

Could you please start a new trade with a brief title

Something like unfair treatment by Aviva in fraudulent insurance application

 

Then if you could start off by giving a very few brief facts. We don't need to go through the whole thing we don't need to to talk about the ombudsman.

You simply need really to talk about the fact that they opened an insurance policy because of a fraudulent application by your brother and that the call handler felt uncomfortable but still approved the application.

And now the result is that they are pursuing you for the recovery of the money which has been stolen by your brother

And that he has now been arrested.

 

Quote some of the findings in the ombudsman decision where are Aviva have given their account of exactly what happened.

 

 

 

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By the way you say that your brother has been arrested. Has he been charge?

Does either his arrest or the charges relate at all to the Aviva insurance fraud or are they simply in respect of the other frauds that he apparently has committed?

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@BankFodder email from officer this morning I knew about his arrest as his wife rung me threatening me 

 

Morning, 

 

Just to let you know your brother was arrested last night, i'm unfortunately in court today but a very trusting colleague will interview him and let me know what he says. Ultimately he will be released under investigation or on bail and I will send the file to CPS. I'm hoping his house is also searched for any evidence but the fact he has known he was wanted makes me think he may have gotten rid of anything that might incriminate him. 

 

I will be on my emails all day. 

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I think Bankfodders letter is good.  I will add further posts, but here is what i think so far.

 

Might be possible to add some Insurance regulatory information and also some information on domestic financial abuse.   The FOS are required to consider all relevant information and it appears that they have not done so.  FOS have to follow the FCA rules including ICOBS.

 

FOS staff should be aware of financial abuse and consider whether this was a factor.  Did the Ombdusman ask Aviva about their policies in helping their customers facing domestic financial abuse ?  Did the Ombudsman look into the FOS/FCA policies and procedures in regard to handling a complaint that involved domestic financial abuse ?

 

 

 

WWW.FCA.ORG.UK

One in five women and one in seven men has suffered some form of financial abuse typically at the hands of their partner. Like all domestic abuse it is a...

 

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Section 3 of this link covers the rules that the FOS are required to follow.

 

https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/DISP.pdf

 

DISP 3 : Complaint handling Section 3.6 : Determination by the
procedures of the Financial Ombudsman
Ombudsman Service

3.6 Determination by the Ombudsman
Fair and reasonable.....................................................................................................
The Ombudsman will determine a complaint by reference to what is, in his
opinion, fair and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case.

Section 228 of the Act sets the 'fair and reasonable' test for the Compulsory
Jurisdiction (other than in relation to a relevant complaint within the
meaning of section 404B(3) of the Act) and n DISP 3.6.1 R extends it to the
Voluntary Jurisdiction.
Where a complainant makes complaints against more than one respondent
in respect of connected circumstances, the Ombudsman may determine that
the respondents must contribute towards the overall award in the
proportion that the Ombudsman considers appropriate.
In considering what is fair and reasonable in all the circumstances of the
case, the Ombudsman will take into account:
(1) relevant:
(a) law and regulations;
(b) regulators' rules, guidance and standards;
(c) codes of practice; and
(2) (where appropriate) what he considers to have been good industry
practice at the relevant time
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Yes this is very interesting.

It appears that the FOS has a statutory duty. However, it also seems to rely on the ombudsman's own subjective view of what is fair and reasonable and that gives them their let out clause.

On the other hand, it seems that the ombudsman is obliged to make a decision as to what is fair and reasonable based on "all the circumstances" of the case.
That suggests to me that there is a statutory duty to ascertain all the circumstances and if it's correct that the ombudsman hasn't seen the "process" then he is not aware of all the circumstances in which case he is in breach of his duty.

I think that this is very helpful and we will have to find a way to incorporate it into the letter I have suggested above

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The Ombudsman clearly did not dligently check and consider all of the information that was pertinent to the complaint.

 

I have not even mentioned Aviva's failure under the Data Protection Act.   They allowed a third party to arrange Insurance for someone else, without gaining any consent to process data.

 

Did the Ombudsman obtain call recordings from Aviva, so they could review how the Insurance arrangement was handled, to check that Aviva followed law and regulations ?

 

If the Ombudsman did  not apply the fair and reasonable tests when handling the complaint, they have failed to objectively consider the complaint in the way regulations require.

 

Aviva under FCA handbook Principles for Business states

 

RIN 2.1.1 R 03/01/2018 RP

The Principles

1 Integrity

A firm must conduct its business with integrity.

2 Skill, care and diligence

A firm must conduct its business with due skill, care and diligence

 

This is adding to the point in Bankfodders letter, that the Aviva Sales Advisors instinct was that they were not sure they should issue the policy as they were unsure about meeting with regulatory requirements.  The Ombudsman has then not considered properly whether they have themselves met FCA Fair and Reasonable tests,  reviewing the complaint to ensure they have taken into account

 

(1) relevant:
(a) law and regulations;
(b) regulators' rules, guidance and standards;
(c) codes of practice; and
(2) (where appropriate) what he considers to have been good industry
practice at the relevant time

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@unclebulgaria67 the investigator only mentioned business file and I believe they have heard the calls as they  said he claimed to be my husband as they concluded the policy was fully controlled by Mr Z

 

She also said their was a litigation case from the subject access again its come to light his details are on the end he said I was driving it supposedly went to trial stage but I have no letters or knowledge and it was being dealt with  solicitors no contact with me again his details used , the adjudicator concluded the investigation based on the litigation case I believe 

 

So none of the information was actually taken into consideration as she would have had this info as I got it in the subject access 

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Well we will incorporate these points in the letter but I think everybody has to accept that a complaint to the independent assessor will have no effect on the decision.

They are very clear that they won't interfere with the decision and the best you might get is some bonbons which are really calculated to make it look as if they are proactive and customer facing.

Still will make a good fist of it – but the best thing now is to attack Aviva directly and on that basis, you should start a new thread in the way that I suggested earlier

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Aviva opened an insurance policy because of my brother making a fraudulent application by claiming to be my "husband" the call handler didn't feel comfortable setting the policy up and referred it to the manager who gave permission for her to set it up , a credit agreement was set up in my name with no knowledge of mine and neither did they speak to me but a policy was set up .

 

The policy was set up as me being the main driver brother being the named driver, his email address, his bank details,  his phone number.  He had a claim on the policy the whole policy was contolled by himself with access to avivas portal no correspondence came to me, once he cancelled the policy the portal was locked I started getting default notices in January 2020.

 

Our relationship broke down in Sept 2019 due to inheritance issues and out of spite he put an indemnity claim into Aviva via the bank and reversed all the premiums he had paid . Aviva were made aware of this policy being fraudulent they still happily returned the money back without challenging the sibling or the bank and are now pursuing recovery from myself for the money stolen by my brother.

 

He was arrested on 21/09/21 and is currently being questioned and investigated by the police.

 

This complaint was taken to the ombudsman who confirmed the whole policy was controlled by my sibling, and that aviva have followed a "process" and have done nothing wrong they have set up the policy in accordance with their procedures.

 

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Did you send Aviva an SAR?

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yes they sent me a whole bundle but of general correspondence of their changes to policy renewals none of this info came to me it was going directly to the portal by the looks of it 

Through this bundle I got call tapes which were only my recordings,  litigation details , details of the solicitor firm handling case as apparently there was a trial date, his wife on 20th Jan 2020 pretended to be me and confirmed my details and then the phone was given to the brother who then cancelled the policy and claimed the money back , this has been passed to the police its in the paperwork 

Dec 2017 he was stopped by the police and the police rung insurance 

Other than that nothing else really stood out 

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