FSCS to assess BBB mis-selling claims

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Consumers who believe they may have been mis-sold by Berkeley Independent advisers may now be entitled to compensation through the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Consumers who are previous clients of the firm in liquidation are now eligible from today for compensation should a claim be upheld for negligent advice by BIA intermediaries, as the firm has been officially declared in default. A spokesperson for the FSCS says it is aware, at this stage, of approximately 300 policyholder compensation claims against BIA Ltd. The bulk of these relate to potential endowment mis-selling, while others are claims for alleged investment bond and pensions mis-selling. The assets of BIA – recently known as BBB Network Ltd – were sold to Tenet Group in March 2...

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