The quote and apply portal now has more than 20,000 end-users – 1,000 new firms joining in the past six months. This continued growth has significantly contributed to achieving this milestone, highlighting how much value the portal adds to an adviser’s business.
Webline has become one of the most comprehensive comparison services on the market, providing real-time comparative quotes on a flexible, easy-to-use website. As well as the core protection products, providers and products also include pensions, income protection and general insurance.
Webline’s annuity service, is a powerful sales-aid for IFAs by quickly showing the effects of changing the annuity options. More recently, Webline has extended its offering to include detailed quotations for both standard and enhanced annuities.
Paul Holland, chairman of Webline said: “We are extremely proud to announce that we have facilitated over 100 million product quotations. This is a clear indication of how fast we are growing.
“Our monthly fee of £10 (plus VAT) gives users access to all our products and services, regardless of the number of users within. In addition, larger distributors benefit from our special network and group management features, and receive heavy discounts on the base price per firm.
"We are dedicated in providing advisers market-wide comparisons in just a few seconds - it is imperative that we continue to listen to our users in developing new features, as well as increasing our panel of providers and the range of products we support in order to grow our user base further.”