ADVISER SUPPORT SERVICES
EDUCATION & SUPPORT
SALES INFORMATION
ADVISER TOOLS
REFER YOUR CLIENTS
VALUE ASSESSMENTS
EDUCATION & SUPPORT
We want to help our business partners and adviser firms to offer and sell more Buildings & Contents insurance to their clients.
We have created a resource centre that contains guides, product information and marketing tips to assist individual advisers or firms when they are talking to clients about their Buildings and Contents needs.
If you are registered with us, you will be able to log in and view a suite of constantly growing materials but the items below show some of the information you can use when you work with us.
ABI Guide to Home Insurance
A helpful guide published by the ABI to help learn more about Home Insurance.
An introduction to Home Insurance
A 60 minute CPD accredited course giving a basic introduction to Home Insurance
Construction Types
Guide to the different domestic building construction types found in the UK
Escape of Water
Key things to know about Escape of Water
Helping to protect your Home against burglary
Burglaries can be one of the more stressful incidents your clients may endure. Here are some tips you can share on how they may be able to minimise the risk and what to do should the worst happen.
Household valuables and personal possessions cover summary
The levels of cover and limits available from our household panel for valuables and personal possessions cover
How Advisers Add Value on Home Insurance
As an adviser, how you can add value to your clients and why they should look to buy their Home Insurance from you.
Subsidence
Key things to know about Subsidence
The benefits & value of discussing B&C with every customer
A great opportunity for you to reassess your client bank and create a robust, every day process to offer B&C to all customers
SALES INFORMATION
Home Emergency – first aid cover for your home
Nasty surprises such as burst pipes, lost keys and heating failure are not only unpleasant but can also be expensive to put right. Home Emergency Cover can provide essential 24/7 support
Household Legal Expenses Cover - professional support for you and your property
Household legal expenses insurance provides access to a legal advice helpline, plus help to find a specialist lawyer and the cost of legal fees up to £75,000 (£50,000 limit for Employment Disputes).
Landlord Legal Expenses Cover & Rent Guarantee – professional support for you and your rented property
There are two policies available designed to provide legal protection to landlords renting property for residential purposes: • Landlords Legal Expenses Insurance • Landlords Legal Expenses with Rent Guarantee Insurance
Landlord panel summary
An overview of the Assurant Landlord Panel cover
Non standard cover available through our 'standard' panel
Examples of what could be considered non standard cover that is available through our standard panel and the Quoforma+ quoting system
Non Standard Referral services
Did you know that Assurant Intermediary doesn’t just help you to cover standard buildings and contents cases? Our non-standard product portfolio can provide solutions in a number of situations which some standard insurers won’t accept.
ADVISER TOOLS
Adviser Support Pack
A support pack with suggested content for client contact that was originally created at the very beginning of the pandemic to help mortgage brokers and financial advisers support and help protect their clients
Assurant Insurers contact information to make a claim
We hope our policyholders never have to make a claim, but inevitably, some will. If your customer needs to register a claim, they can do so by contacting the insurer directly using this information.
Assurant Intermediary - Customer Terms and conditions
View and download the Assurant Intermediary Customer terms and conditions
Commission Calculator
Contents Calculator
Contents calculator is for use when estimating the total value of your belongings / contents in your property.
External website - Check my flood risk
Check the flood risk for your clients postcode, showing visible and unknown areas of water
External website - police.uk
Check the reported incidents in any postcode area for risk of crime
Household Data Capture Form
Send to your clients to complete and return or complete yourself prior to submitting online
Landlord Data Capture Form
Send to your clients to complete and return or complete yourself prior to submitting online
Novating policies – what do we need?
To novate policies from one regulated entity to another, we need certain information from both parties in order to facilitate this. Click here for more information.
Quoforma+ System Guide
Using B&C as a 'door opener'
How you can use Buildings and Contents insurance as a 'door opener' for both existing and new clients
INTRODUCING GOLD SERVICE
Gold Service allows you to offer your clients Household and Landlords’ insurance through a referral process, enabling you to earn commission with very little work from your side. It’s an ideal way of taking the weight off your shoulders without the service you offer to clients falling down.
All you need to do is complete a short online referral form, and a member of our professional, expert Gold Service team will call your clients on the specified day and time.
Using our Gold Service eliminates your compliance risk, as we ensure that the service provided meets customers’ needs and are responsible for all compliance and regulatory requirements.
You will receive an introducer commission of 17.5% on all policies we sell and will continue to receive this on every policy renewal. For non-standard, commercial or any other policies you refer, commission levels will differ depending on the cover required and policy sold.
If you have an existing Assurant agency, login to the adviser portal, click on Refer Your Clients and provide details of the customer you’d like us to contact - we'll do the rest!
If you don’t have an Assurant agency and would like to find out more about working with us, email advisers@assurant.com or call 03332 000 444. Click here to apply.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION
A member of our Gold Service Team will call your customer on the date and time that you have requested.