Following on from the introduction of sales guidelines for critical illness, COVER's sister title Mortgage Solutions has asked the industry if advisers need increased guidance in selling protection.
Matt Morris of LifeSearch's, Dean Mason of Masons Financial Planning and Ian Smart of Bright Grey responded to Mortgage Solutions' question: Would advisers sell more protection if further sales templates were created, like the critical illness guidelines drawn up by an industry-wide group lead by the ABI? Matt Morris, senior policy adviser at LifeSearch The critical illness scripts are a direct response to the FSA's concerns over disclosure on critical illness sales. The ABI worked with advisers, particularly LifeSearch, in drawing up a script for those with less experience in...
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