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Complaints data

Occasionally we do not always get things right and our service falls short of the high standards our customers are entitled to, which result in them making a complaint. There is a strong focus within Royal London to deal with customer complaints effectively and efficiently and Royal London has a commitment to ensure that we investigate all complaints that are made. The complaint handling process is very important to Royal London as it provides the opportunity to sort something out that has gone wrong and also gives us a valuable source of customer feedback.

The table below shows how many complaints we received and closed from 1st July 2018 to 31st December 2018.

Firm Name: The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited

Period covered in this report: 1st July 2018 to 31st December 2018

Brands / Trading Names covered: Royal London, Scottish Life, Bright Grey, Scottish Provident, Royal Liver, Royal London (CIS) 

  Number of complaints opened by volume of business            
Product / service grouping Provision * Complaints opened Complaints closed Closed within 3 days Closed in more than 3 days, but within 8 weeks Complaints upheld Main cause of complaints upheld
Banking and credit cards              
Home Finance              
Insurance and Pure Protection 0.75 3395 3342 72% 26% 49%

General admin, customer service 
Decumulation and pensions 1.35 4100 4007 54% 39% 52%

Delays/Timescales
Investments 0.87 850 845 51% 47% 38% Advising, selling and arranging
Credit related   6 6 33% 67% 17%

Disputes Over Sums/Charges

* The number of new complaints per 1,000 policies in force at the end of H2 2018 reporting period.