Claims management companies should be banned from cold calling as new figures show three in five people surveyed were pestered by calls, emails and spam texts from these firms within a week.That’s according to Citizens Advice as it launches a new report ‘The claims pests’ exposing how claims management companies harass people in their homes in order to get a £2 billion cut of PPI compensation. The report brings together a wealth of evidence from across the Citizens Advice service including a poll of 300 consumers who visited Adviceguide, self help from Citizens Advice, a detailed analysis of 288 client cases about problems with claims management companies and PPI, figures from the consumer helpline and details of financial losses from high fees. The new figures found 9 out of 10 surveyed had been contacted out of the blue by a claims management company within the last 12 months. Seventy-two per cent were about making a claim for PPI. Citizens Advice is urging consumers to put the phone down on these cold callers and go straight to their bank to make a claim.....Read more on this story here: 9 in 10 plagued by claims firms, cold callers and text pests