IRESS launches 'buy-now' term assurance option for advisers

Via The Exchange

Adam Saville
clock • 1 min read

Product, which avoids 'lengthy' underwriting, provided by Cignpost Life

An adviser-accessible ‘buy-now' term assurance option is now available through IRESS's quote and apply sourcing engine, The Exchange. The Cignpost Life product, which is displayed alongside other quotes to show its competitiveness and provides advisers and clients with price certainty at the point of sale, is envisioned as a quick, simple and affordable protection solution which avoids a fully underwritten process. The technology functions by building in qualifying criteria agreed between IRESS and the product provider in order to skip straight to the point of purchase. Digital sol...

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