Aviva has launched a new online hub to help financial advisers boost the protection side of their business – and bank CPD hours to boot. The ‘Adviser Business Accelerator’ website includes expert tips and step by step guides to help advisers get more from their business development and client acquisition efforts. Jim Hunter, Sales Manager [...]

"I don't need it" is probably a common objection you hear when talking to your clients about income protection. But unless they've built up substantial savings, how would they expect to replace their income if they were unable to work through illness or injury? The state will provide - won't it? Many people think that [...]

Uinsure has announced the appointment of David Smith, who joins the multi award-winning General Insurance (GI) Technology provider in a new role as Chief Innovation Officer, following on from continued growth for the FinTech firm. David joins with over 30 years’ experience of the intermediary market, having previously held senior roles with iPipeline, IntelliFlo, and [...]

We want to help you to achieve your 15 hours of Protection related CPD. So, we have designed a brand new hub giving you access to a wide range of relevant content. Our bespoke interactive hub makes it easy to access, complete and record your required learning. You can watch our Structured CPD content instantly on [...]

The mortgage protection market often focuses on solutions which only protect clients in the event of death. However, over the term of a typical mortgage, clients are more than twice as likely to suffer from a life-changing serious illness as they are to die(1). To better meet the needs of this market and provide a [...]

Mental Health doesn’t discriminate… Young or old, male or female, married or single. Mental health can affect anybody. In 2017/18, the number of working days lost due to work-related stress, anxiety and depression reached 15.4 million1. Speaking out and having someone there is important to anyone, especially those who suffer with mental health. That’s [...]

Legal & General has a new dedicated Income Protection (IP) Adviser Hub to help intermediaries support their clients’ protection needs. This includes features such as benefit calculators, helpful guides to Income Protection, as well as other tools and resources to help show the benefits of IP to their customers. This is part of Legal & [...]

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Welcome to this week's Protection Update. Please take the time to read through the update as there may be some information that is important to you. Included in this week's update: Legal & General launch new income protection hub; Royal London's income protection is tuned to your clients' needs; Vitality Life launch new fully protected [...]

As a Mutual Society we are there for our Members, therefore, we want to help you, help them! We have a variety of tools to help recommend the importance of Income Protection to your clients. Here are some of the tools available; Personal Quotation Tool Our My Earnings Insurance Personal Quotation allows you to obtain [...]