... These days it's a financial advisor with the latest Laptop connected to the world! Well, technology may have changed, regulations on Life assurance selling may have been tightened but the man from the Brittanic Ass. remains.
Although I now only see him every few years when he calls it is ... Read review
Advantages: Quality Sales Staff Disadvantages: Not always the best return
...but the man from the Brittanic Ass. remains.
Although I now only see him every few years when he calls it is like a distant relation come for a visit. OK, he wants to sell a product, but there is no hard sell - not to me anyway.
On a recent visit, he advised against endowments for savings plans, although I had just received a healthy return on a 20 year policy. Bonds are the investment vehicle favoured these days. The 'advisor' spent ... more
I was brought up with the insurance man calling every week to my parents house to collect their insurance premiums. These days it's a financial advisor with the latest Laptop connected to the world! Well, technology may have changed, regulations on Life assurance selling may have been tightened but the man from the Brittanic Ass. remains. Although I now only see him every few years when he calls it is like a distant relation come for a visit. OK, he wants to sell a product, but there is no hard sell - not to me anyway. On a recent visit, he advised against endowments for savings plans, although I had just received a healthy return on a 20 year policy. Bonds are the investment vehicle favoured these days. The 'advisor' spent time explaining the pros and cons and at no time did I feel under pressure. I wish all sales people were the same!
