Guardian is joining Mortgage Intelligence’s protection panel.
The move gives the insurer access to Mortgage Intelligence’s network of more than 450 advisers, as well as the 4,000 plus advisers within its mortgage club ‘Next Intelligence’.
Guardian now joins both the network and club panels of Mortgage Intelligence and Next Intelligence respectively and will be accessible on the Whole of Market (WOM) panel and available on the Prime panel as a plus one option alongside the core five providers.
Commenting on the development, Sally Laker, managing director at Mortgage Intelligence, said: “We’re always looking to give our members the support, tools and training to succeed. That includes giving them access to the best propositions the market has to offer.
“We welcome Guardian to our protection panel and are keen to offer our members Guardian’s many innovative features, designed to give better client outcomes and certainty at claim.”
Hilary Banks, sales director at Guardian, said: “We’re delighted to be joining the Mortgage Intelligence and Next Intelligence panels. For me, it’s proof that more people are recognising the value of our approach. We came along as a challenger because we knew we could do things better.
“Three years in and we’re winning more advocates daily. We look forward to working with Mortgage
Intelligence networks, and club members, to show them how easy we are to do business with, and
how we are building client trust in protection.”
Angela Davidson, head of protection at Mortgage Intelligence, added: “Guardian brings a fresh approach to life and critical illness cover and is the very reason we’re delighted to be working with them.”
Providing an update on Guardian’s offer of free access to its GP 24/7 service until the end of the year, the insurer revealed more than 1,100 advisers have registered for the offer and 98 have used it so far.
Advisers who wish to use the GP 24/7 service don’t need to have written any business with Guardian to qualify and the offer is available to all advisers who register with Guardian between now and the end of the year.