The products will initially be available through a small number of distributors, with plans to expand access to other distributors over time.<\/p>\n
Zurich<\/a> has announced that its personal protection and income protection products are now available through UnderwriteMe\u2019s<\/a> Protection Platform.<\/p>\n The products will initially be available through a small number of distributors, with plans to expand access to other distributors over time.<\/p>\n Zurich becomes the eighth insurer to offer a \u2018Buy Now\u2019 option for income protection through the platform.<\/p>\n UnderwriteMe\u2019s Protection Platform allows advisers to answer one set of health and lifestyle questions to receive underwritten \u2018Buy Now\u2019 offers from participating insurers through a single application process.<\/p>\n Andrew Doran, CEO at UnderwriteMe, said:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re delighted that Zurich has joined the UnderwriteMe Protection Platform as one of our insurer partners. <\/p>\n \u201cBeing able to offer advisers access to Zurich\u2019s Personal Protection and Income Protection products marks a significant step forward in UnderwriteMe\u2019s growth this year and enhances our proposition further.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the latest mortgage news<\/p>\n Louise Colley, retail protection director at Zurich, added: \u201cJoining the UnderwriteMe Protection Platform is an exciting development for Zurich, creating a new route for advisers to access our Personal Protection and Income Protection products. <\/p>\n \u201cFollowing the initial launch with a smaller group of distributors, we will extend access more widely across the platform over time.\u201d<\/p>\n Chloe Davies, head of protection distribution and provider relationships at London & Country Mortgages, said:\u00a0\u201cHaving another provider on the platform is significant for our business, especially insurers with comprehensive and competitive products with fair underwriting and good service levels. <\/p>\n \u201cFrom an efficiency point of view, being able to source accurate underwritten outcomes simultaneously has been very important for us, and we welcome new additions to the platform.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The products will initially be available through a small number of distributors, with plans to expand access to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[1138,9683,789,59419,51],"class_list":["post-121841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zurich","tag-products","tag-protection","tag-technology","tag-underwriteme","tag-zurich"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117173044179224410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}