Bright Grey appointed to St James's Place panel
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of Royal London, has been appointed to the St James's Place protection panel. St James's place is one of the UK's leading Wealth Management organisations.
Andy Peters, Distribution Director at Bright Grey, said:
"We have long admired the St James's Place model and believe our addition to their panel will allow us to work together with their partners to bring valuable protection cover to their clients. This is a significant opportunity for Bright Grey. We're delighted to be part of the protection panel and are looking forward to providing St James's Place with the high level of support that the market has come to expect from Bright Grey."
All 1,200 St James's Place partners will have access to Bright Grey's flexible menu-based products. The Personal Protection and Business Protection menu plans will allow partners to mix and match covers, amounts, terms and payment styles to suit individual client needs and circumstances.
Bright Grey also offers clients and their families the unique Helping Hand service, which provides additional support to complement the financial benefits of insurance. This includes emotional and practical support from a personal nurse adviser and helplines.
St James's Place Wealth Management was formed in 1991 and are now well established as one of the UK's leading Wealth Management organisations. As well as advising on protection issues, their Partners offer face to face advice on a broad range of wealth management solutions to both individuals and businesses. St James's Place has 21 regional offices with over 1,200 advisers operating in the UK.
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For further information please contact:
Bright Grey
Claire Fletcher
2 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1BG
Tel: 0131 247 1566
Notes to editors:
For further information please contact: claire.fletcher@brightgrey.com PR Assistant Tel: 0131 247 1566.
Royal London Group is a specialist financial service provider. Its businesses focus on those sectors of the market which value premium propositions, operating through a number of brands:
- Scottish Life - UK pensions market
- Bright Grey - UK protection market
- Scottish Life International - offshore investment markets
- Scottish Provident International - offshore investment markets
- RLAM - fund management
- RLAS - life and pensions administration
- Fundsdirect / Ascentric - funds supermarket; Wrap Platform
Royal London is one of the stronger life and pension companies in the UK, and has a strong track record for with-profits performance.
Royal London is the largest mutual life and pensions company in the UK with Group funds under management of £32.6 billion. Group businesses serve around three million customers and employ 2,630 people (figures quoted are as at 31 March 2008).