Protection Watch: Kevin Carr's verdicts on recent developments

‘Promising lead' or ‘Back to the lab'?

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Professional Adviser's protection detective Kevin Carr delivers his verdict on five key developments in the protection space from the last month or so

A design for life Innovative financial services tech firm True Potential has launched a range of protection products on its platform in a partnership with Canada Life. Mortgage and term protection products for advisers and their clients will now be offered on the True Potential platform, with Canada Life acting as underwriter through the online engine UnderwriteMe. Advisers can complete the entire process from quotation to policy issue through the platform, made possible by the firm's two-way integration technology. True Potential said the decision to enter the protection market was drive...

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