Essential Insurance Awarded Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2017

21st February 2017, we are delighted to announce that Essential Insurance has won a Feefo Gold Service award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, rated by real customers. Trusted Service is awarded to businesses that use Feefo to collect genuine ratings and reviews and... Read More 
Essential Insurance Wins At The Legal & General Business Quality Awards

Legal & General have just announced the winners of its 6th annual Business Quality Awards (BQAs) and we’re delighted to be named a winner! Legal & General are the UK's No 1 life insurance provider1 and they launched these awards in 2011 to recognise the hard work IFAs and Network... Read More 
One in Five Workers Could Be ‘financially ruined’ If They Fall Ill

20% of UK workers ‘have no idea' how they would cope financially if ill health forced them to stop working for six months or more, according to recent Wealth and Protection Survey. This means millions of us working in Britain are financially vulnerable, without a back-up plan to... Read More 
Don’t Be Haunted by Life Insurance

Halloween is just around the corner and whilst our children’s thoughts turn to devilish costumes and dreaded confectionary, us parents (and grandparents) are intent on avoiding morbid matters. Many of us take out insurance for our mobile phones, cars, homes or holidays. However many people, unwilling to face the thought... Read More 
Five Things That Are More Expensive Than A Life Insurance Policy

Anyone who has children will know that a lot of time is spent worrying about them. You worry about their safety – both in the home and when they are out and about. You worry about their health, whether they are eating enough or too much, whether they’re making friends... Read More 
Why Bother With Life Insurance?

Click 'READ MORE' to watch this short video where we look at the main reasons people consider life insurance. The fact remains that death could be around the corner for any of us and life insurance could provide a real solution to potential financial risk to your family... https://youtu.be/23A_6IINkwQ ... Read More 
Is It Time To Review Your Life Insurance?

Making sure you get the most appropriate life insurance cover for your family’s needs is one of the foundations of our business. Having sufficient life insurance protection could mean financial support for your loved ones if the worst should happen. Many factors come into play when determining the “proper level”... Read More 
“Should I Get Life Insurance Before I Get Pregnant?”

Many people don’t think about life insurance until they think about starting a family. In fact, according to a recent YouGov Report there is a significant proportion of the UK population who do not get life insurance at all. Their research found that three out of five (60%) respondents were... Read More 
£10 Million Paid Out Every Day To Help Families Deal With Death, Serious Illness Or Injury

Overall, £3.6 billion was paid out in protection claims, according to the latest published figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which means that every day, insurers paid out more than £10m to help individuals and their families cope with the financial strains and worries that can be caused... Read More 
Are Funeral Plans Worth The Money?

Funerals can be expensive and these days many people are choosing to ‘pay now, die later’ to spread the cost. But does buying a funeral plan save you money? At the time of writing this, the Money Advice Service says that a funeral arranged in the usual way costs on... Read More 

