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by ProtectionReview 10/05/16 Category: 5QI
1. What was the first record you can remember buying? It was probably Michael Jackson Thriller but I had an older sister that spent all her money on records I liked so I could spend my money on other things! 2. What is your biggest pet hate about the world of financial services? My pet hate is the lack of use of plain English and over use of acronyms! I am not suggesting that all IFAs do this (whoops there I go using an acronym). If we take pensions advice, if I hear anyone using “top hat” or “GPP” I…
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by ProtectionReview 05/05/16 Polls
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In our latest poll we ask “Do we need to reconsider how the protection industry integrates with the mortgage market?”
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Poll results
In our last poll we asked "Will E-signatures have a positive impact on protection sales?" 72% of people felt that the impact would be positive with only 12% feeling that it wouldn’t.
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by ProtectionReview 03/05/16 Latest News
Kevin, Peter, Andy, Roger and our independent chairman, Paul Bradshaw met on 28 April to judge the Protection Review Awards 2016. Here's a short video of the session. After that you can find the shortlist. Innovation Award in association with Gen Re AIG LIFE (Best Doctors extension) AVIVA (Relevant Life Policy with CI) UNDERWRITEME (Ongoing market development) VITALITY LIFE (New Whole of Life products) LIFESEARCH (New and continued development in the aggregator space)) BORING MONEY (Consumer financial website) Life & Health Claims Award in association with Health Claims Forum (New category) LEGAL & GENERAL (Individual) OLD MUTUAL WEALTH SCOTTISH…
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by ProtectionReview 14/04/16 Blog
Enjoy the first of our syndicated blogs from Thunderhead on Effortless Engagement: http://www.thunderhead.com Marketing plans today more often than not include objectives for better customer engagement. Everyone’s beginning to wake up to the fact it’s the way to build happier customers. And we all know happier customers will spend more for longer and become advocates for your brand. Recent research shows however that for most of you improving customer engagement feels like it’s a huge effort. The good news is it doesn’t have to be; effortless engagement is possible for marketers today. Marketers can engage with their customers more easily, in…
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by ProtectionReview 10/03/16 5QI
What was the first record you can remember buying? In the City, The Jam What is your biggest pet hate about the world of financial services? We are too internally focused. We don’t look out enough at what our customers’ want and need. We are at fault of designing products for the industry first. What is your favourite film, and why? The Godfather II, it is a masterpiece, an epic story about Family and business. Many life lessons in the film, although I wouldn’t recommend applying them all to the workplace! What car do you drive? BMW X5 If you could change one…
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