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Here you will find a list of useful guides written by our team, alongside our selection of the latest industry news that is relevant to you. Our staff pride themselves on providing you with the most up to date research on the insurance products that we source for you.

Life Insurance: How it Works

June 4, 2014

In many cases setting up Life Insurance is a very simple process that can take as little as half an hour to arrange.

Life Insurance Explained

May 29, 2014

Life Insurance comes in all shapes and sizes and the range of different options available to you can seem endless.

Aviva improve their Critical Illness Contract

May 28, 2014

Aviva are taking notice of industry charges and client needs, which has resulted in the review and update of their current Critical Illness Cover. New customers applying for Critical Illness policies will now benefit from the enhanced heart attack definition provided by the cover.

Children’s Funeral Cover

May 23, 2014

Children’s funeral cover currently comes as an automatic extra within the Critical Illness Insurance of Aviva, Friends Life and Legal & General.

Critical Illness Cover – Potential Exclusions

May 19, 2014

Critical Illness Cover provides financial protection should you be diagnosed with a medical condition listed within your policy set of claimable conditions, during the term of the policy.

Income Protection Quiz

May 16, 2014

Sometimes referred to as ‘the forgotten insurance’. This is an extremely valuable insurance policy that many people do not generally think applies to them.

Income Protection: The Three Strikes Rule

May 16, 2014

Whenever I think this I cannot help but imagine a baseball match. I sense the sports rulebook of three strikes and you are out of here!

Cura Financial Services Ltd win the Quality Protection Firm Award 2014

May 16, 2014

In 2014 Cura Financial Services Ltd (the parent company of Special Risks Bureau) were nominated for Best Member Firm and Quality Protection Firm by Personal Touch Financial Services, for services to clients throughout 2013.

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