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Essential Insurance joins the Protection Distributors Group

We are pleased to confirm that Essential Insurance is one of the latest firms to join the Protection Distributors Group (PDG). The PDG was formed in 2016 to drive change in the protection market and encourage insurers and intermediaries to deliver better consumer outcomes. Over the past three years the... Read More

Business protection insurance could increase the odds of business survival

The UK is home to around 5.7 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which accounts for over 99% of all UK businesses [the usual definition of an SME is any business with fewer than 250 employees]. However, when Turner Little, company formation agents, scraped data from Companies House for insights... Read More

Could you bounce back from an unexpected income shock?

We live in an increasingly uncertain world. In fact, for more and more people in the UK, economic insecurity has become the ‘new normal’ with at least 70% of the UK’s working population ‘chronically broke’, according to a recent study reported in the Guardian. The truth it seems is that... Read More

Every working adult in the UK should consider this…

Which? Magazine has recently confirmed that one protection policy every working adult in the UK should consider is 'Income Protection' – but if you ask your friends or colleagues whether they know what income protection is, we expect that you might be met with a blank look. The Money Advice... Read More

FOUR IN A ROW – ESSENTIAL INSURANCE RECEIVES FEEFO GOLD TRUSTED SERVICE AWARD 2019

4th February 2019, Essential Insurance is proud to have won the Feefo Gold Service award for a fourth consecutive year. The award is an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, as rated by real customers. Created by Feefo, Trusted Service is awarded only to those businesses... Read More

Crowdfunded funerals are on the rise

According to the BBC in 2018, the funeral of a Big Issue North seller was paid for through donations raised online, but just how common are crowdfunded funeral services nowadays? Donors and well-wishers made sure Peter Toulson received a "funeral befitting of a proud, dignified, lovely man". The magazine vendor died in... Read More

Every pound of lending is a pound that needs protecting – could a partnership with a protection specialist be the answer?

Latest statistics released by the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have shown that 2018 Q2 has seen an increase in mortgage lending activity when compared with the previous quarter. New lending that lenders have agreed to advance in coming months are at their highest level since... Read More

Budget 2018 and other reasons why cohabiting couples might consider marriage

Official figures show that unmarried couples living under one roof are the fastest growing family type in the UK, more than doubling from 1.5 million families in 1996 to 3.3 million in 2017. However, with a growing proportion of people choosing to cohabit without marrying or entering into a civil... Read More

Life insurance myths busted

Life insurance is an important part of financial planning and each day families welcome the benefit financially from insurers. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) recently reported that insurers pay out £13.9m per day in income protection, critical illness cover and life assurance. Roshani Hewa, Assistant Director, Head of Health and... Read More

Can Brits afford not to insure their homes?

The jaw-dropping value of possessions owned by the UK’s 27 million households, and the amount that is uninsured was laid bare earlier this year by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The value of the UK’s household contents is now nudging towards £1 trillion (one million million: £1,000,000,000,000), with the... Read More

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