PROTECTION UPDATES

Supporting you in your client conversations: Optimiser The idea of Optimiser is simple. Your clients can enjoy the benefits of a lifetime of healthy choices upfront, through our best available premium. Plus, they will have access to discounts and rewards from our range of partners through the Vitality Programme. To help you explain and demonstrate

Peter Hamilton, head of market engagement, Zurich, discusses the challenges the industry faces in engaging with Generation Z. ‘Gen Z’ – what are they like? They introduce the word ‘like’ into too many sentences for my liking, something they’ve inherited from millennials. Of course, social media ‘likes’ are an important currency. But there’s more, I

RSA withdrawing from GI market RSA Insurance have announced they plan to withdraw from the personal lines market at the end of the year, we’re therefore starting to take steps to manage their smooth withdrawal from our panel of insurers. RSA will remain part of our panel until the 31st December 2024 and honour all

It’s been a year since the new consumer duty rules were introduced, and we’ve certainly seen a raft of changes in the protection market in the months since. Firstly, we are definitely seeing firms take a more proactive approach towards protection as a result of the new rules, especially specialist mortgage and investment advisory firms.

Our pre-app underwriting tool makes it quick and easy to obtain a clear, accurate, indicative view of terms available across our broad range of products and services, saving you valuable time and effort, before getting a full quote. Given the great feedback we receive on the tool, we wanted to improve this further, ensuring better

Buy-to-let is typically associated with an ageing cohort of landlords who are looking to maintain their existing holdings or shrink their portfolios. However, analysis of UK lending data paints a different story, with younger landlords amongst the most active acquirers of new buy-to-let property. The average age of those purchasing a new buy-to-let property has

Since lockdown, for many people the way we see and value our gardens has changed, and it’s become a more important part of the home. The average total spend per adult was £670 on their gardens in 2021[i], with the total value of sales of gardening products in the UK set to reach over £6.5

Convincing wealth clients (and sometimes their advisers) of the value of using protection, not only to protect themselves and their family, but also their wealth and beneficiaries, may be difficult, but not doing it could be more costly for them and your business… I’ve been speaking about using protection as part of a wealth strategy

With the cost of living still high, we understand that your clients’ insurance plans need to deliver great value for money. That’s why, with our new limited-time offer, your clients can earn money back on the premiums they pay, by simply getting active with Vitality. Your clients can earn up to two months’ money back