As your general insurance partner, Berkeley Alexander, are always on the look out for new schemes/markets for competitive insurance that could help your clients.

Should any of your clients currently own or are purchasing a hotel, guest house, health / fitness centre or they are connected with the leisure & hospitality sectors, we can now help them find the right product with the right cover at the right price.

The new scheme arranged via our group partners, Infinity Specialist Insurance, not only provides highly competitive premiums but also market leading cover such as:

• Cover for Saunas, Solariums, Swimming Pools, Steam Rooms and Turkish Baths
• Treatment cover including massage, piercing, waxing and hairdressing
• Damage to playing surfaces
• Property Damage cover up to £10 million
• Loss of Licence
• Commercial Legal Protection

So whether your client owns a small hotel or guest house or they are a hotel/leisure industry magnet, you now have access to assist them with their insurance requirements.

If you do not want to be involved with the quotations due to complexity, time, product knowledge etc, you can always simply introduce to us and let us do the work for you, whilst still earning a generous commission level of up to 15%.

Not only can we assist on Hotels/Guest Houses but we can look to help any of your clients insurance needs for Amusement Arcades, Bingo Clubs, Indoor/Outdoor Play Centres, Casinos, Snookers Clubs / Pool Halls and even Zoos and Safari Parks!

For more information or to see how we can assist your clients, please call us on 0845 355 1166 or email info@baonline.co.uk

Mike Raybone
Chartered Marketer and emarketing specialist

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With workloads ever growing, revision for exams and the extensive compliance requirements for mortgage applications, don’t ignore the general insurance opportunity due to a lack of time.

If you do not have the time to sell household or ASU/MPPI to your clients, let Berkeley Alexander take the strain of the general insurance sales process, compliance and paperwork and ‘introduce’ your general and commercial insurance to us.

Not only will you get the benefit of earning lifetime commission on the sales, but as you’re introducing the client to us, we’ll take responsibility for all of the fact-finding, compliance and administration work involved.

With introduced commissions levels of up to 20%, you can introduce all forms of insurance to us including:

* Home Insurance
* Property Owners
* ASU/MPPI
* Commercial Insurance

and much more

We pay lifetime commissions and no minimum business levels required.

Simply log onto www.baonline.co.uk, click on ‘Introduce a Client’, and take 60 seconds to provide us with your client’s details. We’ll then call them, provide quotes, and keep you posted by email.

Don’t have any agency? Click here to complete our simple online registration.

So start introducing to us today and let Berkeley Alexander take the strain!

For more information please contact our main office on 0845 355 1166 or email info@baonline.co.uk

Mike Raybone
Chartered Marketer and emarketing specialist

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Official figures released on the 18^th January 2012, by the Office for National Statistics show that UK unemployment rose by 118,000 in the 3 months to November 2011 bringing the total number of unemployed to 2.685 million. The unemployment rate is also up to 8.4%, the highest level since January 1996.

These latest figures, alongside the possibility of a double dip recession, paint a very bleak picture for hardworking Britons in 2012. With many still running scared after the personal loan PPI scandal, it is more important than ever for brokers to explain to clients that Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) and Income Protection Insurance (IP) are entirely different products, and to emphasise the importance of professional research prior to buying.

Mark Hutchings, Sales & Marketing Director, at Berkeley Alexander warns “Don’t leave it too late. All the signs are that things will get worse over the next 12 months, so now’s the time to talk to customers about their concerns, to explain the protection options available, and to reassure them as to the dependability of the cover.

“MPPI and IP are essential products for a large sector of the UK population, and when sold properly will provide real peace of mind to clients. As a market leader in this area, it’s not surprising that we’re experiencing an unprecedented level of enquiries from advisers via our Business Development Team, as well as a flurry of new registrations on our website. The message is clearly getting through to many advisers, but others must move quickly to ensure that their clients are not exposed to the potentially disastrous consequences of unemployment.”

Mike Raybone
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Involved with your local golf club? Is the chairman/secretary one of your clients? Have you considered helping them arrange the club’s insurance?

Working beside our group partners, CCV Sports & Leisure, we are able to arrange comprehensive cover to the club whilst earning you valuable extra commission of up to 15% of the annual premium.

The scheme not only provides highly competitive premiums but comprehensive cover such as:

• Buildings (including non standard construction) & Contents
• Greens, Fairways, Trees & Plants
• Greenkeeping, Plant & Machinery, Irrigation Equipment etc
• Cups, Trophies and bar stock
• Loss of Revenue
• Public Liability of up to £10m
• Loss of Licence
• Legal Expenses

If the club has been claim free for the last five years they will also guarantee to beat their existing renewal by at least 5%.

Do you know the Golf Pro at the club? You could also assist in finding the right product for them with the Golf Pro Cover, designed to dovetail with the Pro’s PGA cover.

They could benefit from cover for:

• Pro Shop Stock and Contents
• Computers
• Mobile Phones
• Photographic and Video Equipment (all risks – anywhere in UK & Europe)
• Tools & Portable Items (all risks – anywhere in UK & Europe)
• Employers Liability – up to £10m
• Public Liability – up to £5m
• Legal Expenses

So if you have an enquiry please contact our offices on 0845 355 1166 and ask to speak to Steve, Phillip or Richard. They can arrange the quotation with you or speak directly with your client.

Mike Raybone
Chartered Marketer and emarketing specialist

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