Defaqto launches business protection guide

Focus on executive income protection and relevant life

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Defaqto has released a guide for advisers, sponsored by Aegon, which provides information on business and personal protection for small business owners.

Building on its business protection guide published in 2016, this latest publication recaps the principles of business protection, which Defaqto says "is still an important growth opportunity for financial advisers". The guide, which can be downloaded here, looks in more detail at the place of executive income protection and relevant life in the context of protecting small business people. Defaqto insight analyst for wealth and protection Ben Heffer said: "Our new guide provides a checklist for advisers when considering personal protection in the form of income and death benefits. ...

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