Stonebridge has appointed Guardian and Zurich to its protection panel.

The new additions join AIG, Aviva, Legal & General, LV=, Royal London, and Vitality.

Stonebridge member firms have access to Guardian’s products including enhanced terminal illness definition on life protection, cover upgrade on its critical illness covers, optional children’s critical illness protection, dual life approach, own job definition of incapacity on income protection and premium waiver as standard on all covers.

In addition, advisers can recommend a choice of two life covers for their clients depending on whether quality or price is their priority.

Zurich recently enhanced its critical illness proposition offering customers bespoke packages of targeted cover.

The insurer offers three different levels of critical illness cover and two levels of children’s cover – where customers can select any amount of cover between £10,000 and £100,000.

Pregnancy and early childhood options can also be added for those looking to start a family. Each of the children’s cover options can be added to a life cover policy also.

Stonebridge said the addition of two more major insurers to the panel, further strengthened its overall protection proposition.

Stonebridge chief executive Rob Clifford says the additions of Guardian and Zurich widens its “comprehensive product options available to our network partners, and ensuring even more choice to cater for individual circumstances”.

He adds: “Protection remains an extremely important area for us as a network, and our member firms have everything at their disposal to be successful in this space, including market-leading tech, ongoing support from our BDMs, plus the opportunity to refer if they wish to do so.”