After 20 years, ISO Scheme becomes IFSO Scheme
27 October 2015
Have a complaint about insurance or financial services? If so, contact the “IFSO Scheme”
On November 1, “Financial Services” will officially be added to the name of the consumer dispute resolution scheme which
resolves insurance and financial services complaints.
“When the Insurance & Savings Ombudsman Scheme reached its 20th anniversary, it was time to make this change and become the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme,” says Karen Stevens, Insurance &
Financial Services Ombudsman. “This more accurately reflects our expanded membership and the range of complaints we now
resolve.”
Originally established by the insurance industry as an independent dispute resolution scheme for its customers, the IFSO
Scheme now has over 4,000 Participants from across the financial services sector and resolves complaints about:
insurance, investments, loans and credit, superannuation, financial advice and foreign exchange.
The name change went through an extensive consultation process, and positive feedback was received about making this
change to celebrate the 20 year milestone.
“Over 55,000 consumers have made use of our free and independent service over the last 20 years and we have gained a
great deal of knowledge from that work,” says Karen. “The value of that knowledge is in being able to use it to learn
from the complaints and share the lessons learnt; for consumers to better understand their options and make more
informed choices; and for the industry to be more focussed on preventing complaints from arising at the outset.”
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