We have found that Digital Protect Ltd – which is also known as Sampora and Domestic Protect – has been offering insurance for home entertainment and digital equipment without our authorisation. Find out what this means for their customers and why to avoid dealing with an unauthorised firm.
Digital Protect claim that they specialise in arranging insurance for television, home entertainment systems and satellite equipment. However, we have found that the firms were doing this without our authorisation.
Arranging or providing insurance is a regulated activity, so a firm has to be authorised by us to do so.
Digital Protect will not be able to arrange new policies or renew existing policies of insurance while they are unauthorised.
What you should do next
If Digital Protect has helped you arrange insurance you might still be covered, but you should read your policy and check with your insurer if you are in any doubt.
We strongly advise you to only deal with financial services firms that are authorised by us, and unauthorised UK firms and individuals to avoid doing business with
If you deal with an unauthorised business you will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or Financial Services Compensation Scheme if things go wrong.