One in six protection sales go through UnderwriteMe

100,000 policy milestone

Adam Saville
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'Phenomenal growth demonstrates how popular the platform is becoming'

UnderwriteMe's Protection Platform reached 100,000 policies in July, exceeding the whole of business sold in 2018 H1 2019 figures show that one-in-six UK protection sales by financial advisers, price comparison website and mortgage brokers are through the quote and buy service.   In June, we reported that mortgage network New Leaf and The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) club had teamed up with the protection platform, reaching a combined membership of 3,000 intermediaries. Pippa Keefe, distribution director at UnderwriteMe said: "The already time-consuming mortgage process makes protection...

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