Legal & General’s  “State of the Nation’s SMEs”  report highlights the need to raise awareness of the risks many business owners face and how financial advisers can help to get business assured.

The ongoing study analyses the size, shape and make up of SMEs in the UK and highlights the risks faced by small business owners. One of the biggest finding in the report was that for those SMEs who had taken out protection, 89% did so because they were advised to do so, demonstrating the real need for professional financial advice in this market.

If you aiming to find out more on the business protection market and opportunities to write protection, our Specialist Protection Team are running online sessions covering various aspects of this market. There are separate sessions covering:

• Our research into the business protection market and the need for business protection
• The risks to businesses in respect of their key people or their ability to repay their debts
• The ownership of a business and how share protection arrangements are structured
• All of these include the opportunity for advisers to help businesses
• Each session will include a (CII) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Certificate

The sessions will be informative, and will give you the opportunity to ask questions to our experts. The session will take approx. 30mins.

Sessions are available at 9.30 or 10.30 on the following dates:

Key Person protection

Thursday 4^th August

Friday 19^th August

Research into Business protection

Wednesday 31^st August

Share and Partnership protection

Monday 12^th September

Thursday 22^nd September

Research into Business protection

Tuesday 4^th October

There are further online sessions planned in the near future and you will be able to register for these via the same webpage.

How To Book Your Place: Please follow the link to our webpage and register on the webinar you wish to attend. Once you have registered you will be sent a link to the webinar along with reminders nearer the time of the event.