Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Engage Mutual Assurance to its protection panel.

Engage Mutual offers the Guaranteed 50 Plus Life Cover product – life assurance for the over-50s market. This offers guaranteed acceptance without the need for a medical for the client there is no underwriting even for clients with pre-existing conditions.

The protection specialist also has a dedicated website resource and online quote and apply service for advisers. The facility offers a Quick Quote and Save & Retrieve option while there is also an interactive FAQ section called ‘Just Ask Sarah’ which provides individual responses to queries.

Paradigm member firms can now register for an agency with Engage Mutual and create their log-in password and user name details in order to immediately start conducting business.

Bob Hunt, chief executive of Paradigm Mortgage Services, said: “Engage Mutual is a welcome and valuable addition to Paradigm’s protection panel offering. The Guaranteed 50 Plus Life Cover product is notable in this marketplace given there is no underwriting and guaranteed acceptance without a medical for every client between the ages of 50 and 80. Nearly a quarter of over-50s have a long-term illness