Guardian Financial Services has joined the Quilter Select protection panel.
This will grant Guardian access to approximately 3,000 advisers in Quilter’s network advice business.
The appointment comes following Guardian’s entry into income protection allowing delivery of a full menu of individual protection products for Quilter advisers to recommend to clients.
Vincent O’Connor head of strategic partnerships at Guardian, said: “We know the team at Quilter like Guardian’s approach and were keen to see us offer the clients they serve a full menu of individual protection products.
“With the launch of our Income Protection cover earlier this year we are now able to deliver that. We look forward to working closely with the Quilter team and the advice firms in their group to bring Guardian’s award-winning protection to more families who need it.”
Charlotte Nixon mortgage and protection proposition director at Quilter, added: “ “Delivering good consumer outcomes is a fundamental aspect of any protection proposition and this is only getting more important under the new Consumer Duty regulation.
“We were impressed by Guardian’s recent Income Protection proposition, particularly its ‘own job’ definition which gives more certainty at claim as well as good levels of flexibility to suit a range of client budgets.”
