Just one in 10 brokers sell enough protection - L&G Mortgage Club

Adam Saville
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'Industry needs to do more to highlight the importance of protection,' says Richard Kateley

Research by Legal & General Mortgage Club has suggested that nearly nine in every 10 UK brokers (88%) feel they are not selling enough protection. As a result, Legal & General are urging advisers to stress the need for protection to clients more strongly during the mortgage application, especially as its Deadline to Breadline report found that nearly a third of employees did not have any financial back-up plan in place. "The fact that only one in 10 brokers believe their business is selling enough protection is evidence that our industry needs to do more to highlight the importance of...

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