comparethemarket.com Welcomes New Life Panel Member: Beagle Street

LONDON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

comparethemarket.com, one of the UK's leading price comparison websites, has announced it is adding Beagle Street to its life insurance panel.

Beagle Street joins an established panel of major life insurance brands. The Beagle Street brand offers customers an instant decision on their life insurance policy in around 11 minutes with no medicals required, with immediate cover available, along with telephone support if requested. Beagle Street also facilitates the policy being placed into trust - enabling sums assured to be released prior to probate and inheritance tax.

"Over the past few years, life expectancy has risen enabling people to get better life insurance rates than five years ago. With this in mind, Beagle Street has been created to give customers a quick and easy way to get a policy to protect their future. The industry average from quote to cover is 11 days; we can get you covered in 11 minutes" said Matthew Gledhill, Director of Beagle Street.

Andrew Stocks, Director at comparethemarket.com said: "Beagle Street brings a different dimension to comparethemarket.com, helping us to extend our offering even further. We're pleased that this move will enable us to give more customers competitive options for their life insurance."

Specialising in more than just life insurance, comparethemarket.com provides customers with an easy way to find the right deal on a wide range of insurance and financial products including car insurance, home insurance, van insurance, bike insurance, pet insurance and credit cards.  It also offers comparisons for a range of household utilities including electricity, gas, phone, broadband and digital TV.

About comparethemarket.com

• comparethemarket.com was launched in 2006 and has grown rapidly over the past six years to become one of the UK's leading price comparison websites.  
• comparethemarket.com provides customers with an easy way to make the right choice for them on a wide range of products including motor, home, life, travel and pet insurance as well as utilities and money products such as, credit cards and loans.
• comparethemarket.com actively selects its brand partners, working with the best and most trusted organisations to ensure quality service to consumers.

comparethemarket.com is a trading name of BISL Limited.  BISL Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Registered Address: Pegasus House, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, PE2 6YS. Registered in England number 3231094.

About Beagle Street 

Launched in 2012, Beagle Street combines online expertise and a strong partnership with underwriters Scottish Friendly Assurance Society Limited With more than 150 years' experience, Scottish Friendly looks after over £800 million assets (as at 31/12/11) for over a million existing policyholders.