At Letprotector we can cover a vast range of different tpyes of landlords
and their assocaited risks, whether it is the single property landlord
up to the business who own and operate a complex portfolio of residential
and commercial properties.
We cover professionals, students, DSS (non referral & referral),
asylum seekers and propeties that are unoccupied. Properties tenanted
by professionals means that landlords can also extend their Letprotector
landlords insurance policy further by the inclusion of legal expenses
and emergency assistance cover.
We have recently launched a new product called “Portfolio” designed
to cater for landlords with five or more properties. The new facility
rewards the policyholder with substantial savings compared to if the
policyholder arranged all proeprties on an individual basis.
A further discount is available for landlords with 11 or more properties.
The scheme has been amazing successful and has also attracted the attention
of the UK’s number one buy to let mortgage provider – Paragon
Mortgages. Paragon have recently agreed to recommend this facility to
all its landlords who own five or more properties. The only qualifying
criteria to use this facility is that 50% of all properties must be tenanted
by professionals and students further more the policyholder must not
have experienced more than three losses in the last three years and exceeding £3000
in total.
The policy can be amended dependent on the policyholders needs. Accidental
damage to buildings is readily available at an additional premium as
is contents cover. Property owners laibility can also be increased to £5,000,000
limit of indemnity. This is becoming increasing popular because of the
legislation surrounding HMO properties.
The Letprotector policy wording is unique and in our opinion is more
comprehensive than 95% of landlords insurance providers in the UK. If
you would like to view either the policy wording or key facts please
log on to Letprotector.co.uk.
Letprotector is the retail arm Commercial Express Quotes Limited. Letprotector
has been trading as an Internet landlords insurance provider since March
2006. Our Financial Services Authority reference number is 311067.
All Letprotector and Commercial Express policies are underwritten by
Navigators Insurance Company Limited. Navigators are a large American
insurance provider with a Standard and Poors credit rating of ‘A’.
One of the major benefits to our policyholders is the fact we handle
all our own claims inhouse. We took this decision at the beginning of
2007 simply due to the fact we wanted our customers to provide a first
class service every time and the only way we could guarantee this was
by operating the facility ourselves.
One of the first things we did when setting up “Commercial Express
Claims” was to agree service level agreements both internally and
with insurers and loss adjusters alike. Secondly we improved the levels
of communication with policyholders and agents so they were made aware
of changes to their claim as and when it happened.
The use of Internet technology is vital in the insurance industry of
2007 and therefore we agreed with insurers that claims / incidents could
be notified online in addition to the traditional method of telephones.
In respect of the underwriting side of the business the user can currently
obtain an instant quotation, arrange immediate cover and print off their
own policy documents.
We felt that whilst many providers were purely concrerating their efforts
on increasing their market share by lower rates and higher levels of
commission we would approach this proposition from a different angle
and ensure that our policyholders only recieve the best levels of service
in their time of need. We hoped that would further our reputation and
market share by word of mouth.