Monthly Archives: October 2011

HIV Life Assurance Survey 2011 … Coming Soon

Compass the Gay Mortgage & Insurance Advisers are soon to bring you the HIV Life Assurance Survey 2011 … Stay tuned for information about all of the HIV Life Insurance providers and their service standards. Our Sponsors: Compass are Mortgage and Insurance Advisers to the Gay Community and may be reached by phone 0845 474 3075, email enquiries@compassindependent.co.uk  or their website can […]

Gay Life Assurance … Bullying Banks.

It has recently been brought to our attention that some of our clients are coming under ‘severe’ pressure to take out Life Insurance through their bank, instead of their financial adviser. This has especially been apparant when people are renewing business banking facilities. In one recent case our client was being offered £245,000 of Life […]

What is Gay Insurance? …

Gay Insurance is taken out by Gay and Lesbian people to protect both themselves and their possessions. Types of Gay Insurance taken out by gays and lesbians in the past include Accident and Sickness Cover, Unemployment Cover, Level Term Assurance, Whole of Life, Mortgage Protection and Decreasing Term Assurance. The UK  Insurance Industry has not been very friendly […]

  • About Us

    Pink Finance was first launched in the year 2000, as the UK’s first gay finance magazine. Over the years we have covered many discrimination issues affecting gay, lesbian, bi sexual and transsexual people.

    Our articles cover issues such as Gay Life Assurance, Gay Life Insurance, Gay Mortgages, Gay Income Protection, Gay Critical Illness Cover, HIV Life Assurance, HIV Life Insurance and HIV Mortgages.

    We also include feature articles on planning Life Assurance and Mortgages for LGBT and Alternative Families, along with articles with subjects such as Pensions and Investments for LGBT people.

    Our editor, Chris Morgan was part of the consultation group that led to the introduction of HIV Life Assurance and HIV Life Insurance for people living with HIV.

    He was a consultant to the Association of British Insurers for over five years and served on their HIV Insurance Working Group.

    Chris has recently rejoined the ABI working group, assisting them with their latest Best Practice guidelines and agreeing to write a new HIV and Insurance consumer guide.

    Our sponsors Compass have a long history of supporting worthy causes within the gay and HIV communities. Currently they are supporting NAM AIDSMAP who work to change lives by sharing information about HIV and AIDS.

    They believe that, wherever you are in the world, having independent, clear and accurate information is vital in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

    Compass Mortgage & Insurance Services is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.