Scot Eq Protect improves online underwriting service

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Scottish Equitable Protect has improved its online underwriting service to enabling IFAs to submit business more efficiently and cost effectively.

The new additions to the platform, which will be available from 24 October, are designed to speed up the application process through increasing the number of automatic point of sale underwriting decisions. Scottish Equitable says it does this by asking the adviser to answer a series of detailed questions related to the personal and health circumstances of an adviser’s client increasing the likelihood of online acceptance. Ultimately the service should allow advisers to get their client’s cover in place faster, which will help them deliver more efficient customer service, while benefiting ...

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