2024 adviser firm awards
AWARD CATEGORIES
BEST MARKETING OF PROTECTION FROM AN ADVICE FIRM
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Entries will highlight how an advice firm has used social media, email campaigns, online advertising etc. to promote protection to a wider audience. Submissions will demonstrate how the campaign has improved awareness of the need for protection and increased.
Shortlist
Protex Financial | The Openwork Partnership | LifeSearch |
Drewberry Insurance |
Shortlist Protex Financial The Openwork Partnership LifeSearch Drewberry Insurance |
Winner The video produced by the winning firm was poignant and really conveys the importance of protection. Winner: The Openwork Partnership |
BEST NETWORK
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Submissions will demonstrate how the network has supported their members to provide better protection advice by delivering training, support materials etc. and how they have grown the level of protection business carried out within their member firms.
Shortlist The Right Mortgage & Protection Network The Openwork Partnership Sesame Mortgage Intelligence |
Winner This entry summarised the company’s support for advisers really well – with lots of help offered, simply and effectively. Winner: Sesame |
PROTECTION SUPPORT GROUP/COMPLIANCE SERVICE
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Submissions will demonstrate how the support group/compliance service has supported their members in providing better protection advice by delivering training, support materials etc., and highlight how they have delivered better consumer outcomes.
Shortlist London & Country Sesame Bankhall Group SimplyBiz Services Ltd Paradigm Protect |
Winner This entry demonstrated the excellent support offered throughout the career of anyone working at this firm. Winner: London & Country |
BEST PROTECTION ADVICE FROM A MORTGAGE BROKERAGE
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Demonstration by a mortgage broker of how protection advice is embedded into their processes, how they ensure protection is discussed with every client (and that discussion is followed through) and how protection plays a role in their ongoing servicing of clients.
Shortlist Protex Financial Barnsdale Financial Management Create Finance PurpleBricks Mortgages London & Country Mortgage Advice Bureau |
Winner The winner offers an excellent in-house referral service that ensures that every mortgage client, at the very least, has a protection conversation. Winner: Create Finance |
BEST INNOVATION FROM AN ADVICE FIRM
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Demonstration of a new and innovative implementation of technology or campaign that has really made a difference to your firm or your clients. We want to hear about why the innovation was needed and the practical impacts it has made.
Shortlist Protex Financial Protect365 LifeSearch |
Winner This firm’s use of AI in their CRM entry is an outstanding example of how to personalise the service a firm can provide to every one of their customers. Winner: Protect365 (Collected by Jessie Leworthy – FTRC) |
BEST TRAINING INITIATIVE
An example of a training program or scheme that has been put in place to bring new advisers into the market or train existing advisers on how to give protection recommendations. We want to hear about the people that have gone through the training and the outcomes that have led to more and better protection advice.
Shortlist Howden Life & Health The Openwork Partnership and Business School Mortgage Advice Bureau LifeSearch |
Winner The winner’s training program focuses on customer experience and outcomes with consumer duty at it’s heart. Importantly it allows for different learning preferences and styles and has improved conversion rates and quality of business. Winner: LifeSearch |
PROTECTION ADVICE FIRM OF THE YEAR
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Submissions will demonstrate how the firm has supported their advisers to provide better protection advice by delivering training, support materials etc. and how they have grown the level of protection business across their advisers.
Shortlist Create Finance London & Country FutureProof Hanbury Wealth Management OWL Financial Access Financial Services
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Winner This firm has set the standard for how a referral service can work within a predominantly wealth business. Winner: Future Proof Insurance |