From today, Paradigm members will be able to access Fortis Life’s range of life protection insurance through the Paradigm Mortgage Services’ preferred protection panel.
Fortis Life UK was established in 2008 and now has over 45,000 customers in the UK. It offers two products: YourLife Plan is a menu product offering Term Assurance, Critical Illness Cover, Family Income Benefit and Income Protection;
Real Life Cover is for customers who know they need more than just Life Assurance but see traditional products as too expensive or complicated – it provides a package of seven covers plus the option of unemployment insurance.
Fortis Life UK joins Paradigm’s whole of market preferred protection market proposition which offers members excellent commercial terms. The panel only includes those providers who have given a commitment to work closely with Paradigm in support of its members.
From today Fortis Life’s proposition will appear on the various quotation engines. Directly authorised brokers who wish to do business with Fortis Life can therefore visit the website at www.paradigmmortgages.com and click on the ‘Protection’ tab.
Bob Hunt, Chief Executive of Paradigm Mortgage Services, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Fortis Life UK as the newest strategic partner of Paradigm Group. As a business committed to offering the widest range of products and services to our members it is important that we continue to embrace organisations who have something unique to offer. Fortis Life’s range of protection products certainly fit this category, as does their intuitive and forward-thinking processes, and we are sure Paradigm members will be as enthused as we are about the propositions available. Once again we are partnering with a company committed to working closely with Paradigm members to get the best for them and their clients. We believe this is the beginning of a strong relationship between Paradigm, Fortis Life and all our member firms.”
Martin Werth, Managing Director of Fortis Life UK, said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with Paradigm Group. Paradigm shares our commitment to providing advisers and customers alike with the products they need and the level of service they deserve. We very much look forward to working with Paradigm and their member firms to help close the protection gap.”
