UnderwriteMe witnesses surge in January sales

Another record month

Adam Saville
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Platform secured 23,000 protection sales – a 27% increase when compared to same month in 2019

Using its single application process across multiple insurers, during January the UnderwriteMe platform delivered underwriting decisions to over 90,000 lives, with 60% of these receiving ‘buy now' terms from three or more insurers, the firm has reported. It also said it grew the number of intermediary firms using the platform by 70% throughout 2019, while the share of business from these intermediaries who were new to UnderwriteMe in 2019 accounted for one-in-four sales in January 2020. "2019 was a great year for the Protection Platform and we're delighted 2020 has been off to such a ...

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