Engage Mutual assurance

Fiona Murphy discusses the creation of the OneFamily brand with its CEO Simon Markey and how he wants to create ‘a modern mutual'

Exeter Family Friendly has agreed terms to buy Engage Mutual Health's policy book from OneFamily.

OneFamily, the brand for the combined Engage Mutual and Family Investments business, has called on advisers to help direct families to financial support they may be entitled to.

A report saying that with deaths likely to rise, funeral costs will also increase is ‘spot on', according to Royal London.

Mutuals Engage Mutual and Family Investments have now rebranded as OneFamily following the completion of a merger announced at the end of 2014.

Engage mutual is asking advisers and brokers to give feedback on their offering as they merge with Family Investments.

An estimated 2.6 million people aged 50 plus are living with a serious illness in England with 3.1m over-50s living in serious ill health across the UK as a whole, research has found.

Covering the cost of a funeral without getting into debt would need quick access to cash for 41% of families, a poll by Engage Mutual has found.

The members of Family Investments and Engage Mutual have both voted in favour of a merger of the two companies which will create one of the biggest mutuals in the UK.

Engage Mutual has launched an adviser campaign to highlight how it can make quick payouts on its over-50s life cover.