Mortgage Intelligence adds Guardian to protection panel

Guardian Financial Services has announced it is joining Mortgage Intelligence’s protection panel.

The move will give the challenger access to Mortgage Intelligence’s network of over 450 advisers, as well as the 4,000 advisers within its mortgage club, Next Intelligence.

Guardian will join both the network and club panels of Mortgage Intelligence and Next Intelligence respectively. The challenger will be accessible on the whole of market panel and available on the Prime panel as a plus 1 option alongside the core five providers.

Mortgage Intelligence managing director, Sally Laker, commented: “We’re always looking to give our members the support, tools and training to succeed. That includes giving them access to the best propositions the market has to offer. We welcome Guardian to our protection panel and are keen to offer our members Guardian’s many innovative features, designed to give better client outcomes and certainty at claim.”

Guardian sales director, Hilary Banks, added: “We’re delighted to be joining the Mortgage Intelligence and Next Intelligence panels. For me, it’s proof that more people are recognising the value of our approach.

“We came along as a challenger because we knew we could do things better. Three years in and we’re winning more advocates daily. We look forward to working with Mortgage Intelligence networks, and club members, to show them how easy we are to do business with, and how we are building client trust in protection.”

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