From today, Webline’s 15,000 adviser users will have access to a full range of protection products from UnumProvident, with real-time premiums and product information available via Webline’s online comparative quotation services.
Linton Penman, head of retail marketing at UnumProvident, explains: “Many advisers have been urging us to appear on Webline. They are well aware of our reputation, and now it will be even easier for them to recommend us to their clients. The wide choice of products, and optional features like Disability Plus, Career Break, and limited benefit payment periods, mean that advisers can find a product to suit almost every client, opening up previously untapped marketing opportunities.”
UnumProvident products now on Webline:
- Personal Income Replacement Plan - for employees or self employed people who want to protect their income - and the lifestyle that goes with it - right up to their expected retirement age
- Primary Income Replacement Plan - designed to cover specific items of regular expenditure, such as a mortgage or children's education costs, for a specified period of time
- Executive Income Replacement Plan - for employers who want to offer income protection to selected employees, at the same time helping them to manage and control their sickness absence costs
- Essential Abilities Cover - for people who are not in a full-time paid occupation, or do a job that can't be covered by a standard income protection contract,
- Elixia 123, a new style of critical illness plan that allows the customer to select a different amount of cover for different types of critical illness event, potentially reducing the cost by as much as 50%, sometimes even more.
Paul Holland, managing director of Webline, comments: “Yet again, we are delighted to announce rapid progress in the growth of our service. The addition of UnumProvident will be hugely welcomed by our adviser users, particularly given their highly competitive product range. Last year, when some portals experienced a drop in their online quotation volumes, we enjoyed a 25% increase, giving us over 20% market share. We are confident that this year will be just as exciting and, more importantly, rewarding for all our loyal users and partners.”
