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:
- MetLife announce their interactive case study booklet: helping advisers on their digital journey.
Zurich: Business protection myths: is ‘relevant life’ sufficient?
Continuing our series examining myths surrounding business protection, Zurich's Paul McDowell explores if a relevant life policy can be used as a business protection tool... The protection industry has frequently marketed relevant life cover under [...]
Source Webinar: What does the FCA General Insurance Pricing Practices Market Study mean for me?
Recently, the FCA published the results of the General Insurance Pricing Practices Market Study, outlining changes that need to be made in the insurance distribution industry. This is potentially one of the biggest changes to [...]
Paymentshield: changes to home and landlords panel
L&G TO LEAVE PAYMENTSHIELD’S HOME AND LANDLORDS PANELS From Sunday 11 July 2021, L&G will be leaving both Paymentshield’s Home and Landlord panel and therefore will be unable to accept any new policies from this [...]
VitalityLife: Build a plan in three simple steps
We’ve simplified our Personal Protection Plan, which means you can now build a plan in three simple steps; Start with Core Cover Life Cover Serious Illness Cover Income Protection Cover Add optional benefits; Child Serious [...]
Cirencester Friendly: Diabetes Week
Did you know, we may be able to cover your client if they have diabetes? Monday saw the start of Diabetes Week, which runs from 14th – 20th June. As you may know, diabetes [...]
VitalityLife: Adviser checklist
VitalityLife: have you seen our adviser checklist? To help you talk to your clients about Vitality we've created a simple adviser checklist which summarises the key assets you can use within your client protection conversation as [...]
Practical Protection Podcast: Rehabilitation services in practice
Practical Protection Podcast Rehabilitation services in practice (50 mins CPD) Hi everyone, I hope you found the most recent episode of the Practical Protection Podcast insightful? That mine and Matt’s discussion centred around type [...]
Uinsure: Delivering fair value in a digital world
FCA confirms ban on price walking from 2022 You may have seen that on 28th May 2021 the FCA published its paper on pricing rules in the GI Market. This follows several years’ work from [...]
Weekly Protection Update – 18th September 2020
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: Cirencester adds access [...]
MetLife’s interactive case study booklet: helping advisers on their digital journey
Our current climate has changed the relationship between advisers and customers. Many advisers have been unable to have face-to-face client meetings, but instead, have turned to the digital landscape in order to service clients [...]
Berkeley Alexander: Tackling a hard market and future proofing
One of many impacts from Covid has been an acceleration of the hardening market – the first hard market the industry has seen in many years. IFAs and mortgage brokers may well have been [...]
Aviva: Our new website – find what you need faster
Find what you need faster with our next generation website Find out more From Monday 21 September, the Aviva for Adviser site will be replaced with a new adviser site. [...]
Cura embed Recite Me software into their website to enhance accessibility to insurance
Cura are known as the special risks experts that are helping to improve accessibility within the insurance sector. For years, they have championed the calls for fair access to insurance for people with health [...]
The Exeter: It’s time to be concerned about the impact of ill health
Our latest research into the financial resilience of the self-employed has found that 62% are not worried about a loss of income due to illness or injury. The rising cost of [...]
Scottish Widows protecting the whole family with Children’s Cover
As you’re aware, protection can provide cover not just for your clients, but for their children too. I wanted to share with you how we group the conditions we cover into categories, to make [...]
Cirencester adds access to GP services
Over recent months, with Covid-19 stretching NHS resources and isolation and social distancing reducing mobility, obtaining a GP appointment within a reasonable timescale has been a challenge. Even now, with lockdown easing, many clients [...]
