We’ve had a great start to the Autumn weather and there’s been a great response to MetLife’s Autumn Adventures customer promotion.  And to make Autumn even more exciting MetLife are delighted to announce they are supercharging their promotion by boosting some of the prizes on offer, so your clients have an even greater chance of [...]

Furness Building Society has launched a fantastic range of 5 year fixed rate products with its 95% offering receiving the highest accolade from Moneyfacts hailing it an “Outstanding” Best Buy.  This product is priced at 3.98% and has no product fee. The range starts as low as 2.18% for loans up to 80% LTV which [...]

Mainstream residential lenders do not tend to apply a different affordability stress rate for residential mortgages when a client applies for a 5 year or longer fixed rate. In effect the lender will advance a maximum amount based on affordability and not on product choice. 3mc provides access to 7 different residential lenders who apply [...]

Personal debt in the UK is on the rise again. Whilst most will manage their loans, credit cards and other credit without any problems, every single day 209 people are declared bankrupt or insolvent, 2330 CCJs are issued and 25 properties are repossessed. The average UK household now has unsecured debts amounting to 26.5% of [...]

More than 16m people in the UK have savings of less than £100!* Many people believe they will be able to manage on their savings if they were unable to work due to an illness or accident. Next time you are with a client ask them; How long would their savings really last if they [...]

Our most recent Financial Planning Bulletin looks at how to use life assurance policies effectively when helping your clients with inheritance tax planning. Our technical experts assess a scenario of a widower looking to reduce his inheritance tax liability. The bulletin covers using life assurance policies written under trust to: offset potential inheritance tax on [...]

All AIG Life products come with access to the Best Doctors second medical opinion service. We believe this is an extremely valuable benefit - but don't just take our word for it... In this week's blog, Dave Marcus, European Client Director for Best Doctors, explains why the service provided by Best Doctors is so special.

We’re pleased to announce that we have reduced our list of hazardous pursuits and upgraded automatic acceptance within our online application. We have reduced and standardised our list of hazardous pursuits by deferred period in order to make it easier for your clients to apply for Income Protection with us. The new list of hazardous [...]

We wanted to let you know that we have a new client facing sales aid called Why do I need financial protection? With critical illness cover, your client may be able to pay off their mortgage, but what about their other regular monthly bills ? We hope this sales aid goes someway towards answering a key [...]

We're committed to offering your clients cover where it matters - that's why we're focused on having some of the best definitions for the main reasons for a claim - cancer, heart attack, stroke, children's critical illness and multiple sclerosis. But we know your clients also need cover that's clear and easy to understand. So [...]