LifeSearch opens office in South Africa

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LifeSearch has confirmed the opening of its new office in South Africa.

The office, which is initially providing both advice and customer services to UK clients only, has eight advisers, and went live in September. The protection adviser firm now has four offices in London, Leeds, Milton Keynes and Cape Town.  Tom Baigrie, CEO of LifeSearch, had previously discussed the future opening of a South African office with COVER in 2016.  Tom Baigrie, CEO of LifeSearch said: "We first began seriously discussing the idea of expanding to South Africa in 2015 as it's a place I know very well. "Cape Town is a predominately English-speaking city and the Universi...

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