2005
(23/03/05) AXA announces new distribution partners for its Protection account
AXA has announced that its Protection Account is now available through new distribution partners Burns Anderson and threesixty services. In addition, it will be available through member firms of Berkeley Berry Birch by the end of March.
These new agreements form the next stage of the roll-out of AXA's Protection Account. It is already available from Bankhall, Britannia Building Society, LifeSearch, Millfield, Sesame and Tenet, as well as AXA's own tied network.
“We are delighted to be announcing the addition of these new partners to our roll-out of the Protection Account,” Barbara Reilly, Head of Protection at AXA, said. “We remain on course for the Account to be available to the whole of the market by the end of this year.”
Hazel Hodge, Key Relationships Director of Berkeley Berry Birch plc, said: "As a whole of market distributor of financial services products, we are pleased to be able to offer this innovative new product to our advisers. AXA has created a unique approach which will be very attractive to those clients who like the idea of all their protection under one roof."
Barbara Reilly of AXA concluded: "We were also extremely pleased with the very positive scoring of the Protection Account by Aequos recently. In the very competitive protection market, keen pricing and high quality products are essential."
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