Personal debt is constantly on the rise in the UK with more and more people falling behind on their loan repayments. This leaves them with monthly accumulating debt. Failing to repay installments on a loan can also affect a person’s credit rating which will affect their future chances of obtaining mortgages and other types of loans. On top of these financial problems, failing to repay a loan for whatever reason can cause personal problems, distress and even depression. Failing to repay a loan because of bad financial management is one thing, but it is highly stressful if a person is unable to repay their monthly installments because of illness, injury or being made redundant by their employer as most of the time the person has no way of protecting against these unfortunate incidents from occurring. (more…)