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L&G reveals 2016 protection payout figures

Legal & General paid 2,949 group protection claims worth a total of £264m in...

Scottish Widows appoints protection director

Scottish Widows has appointed Jackie Leiper to the newly created role of protection director. She...

Brokers “missing out on millions” of GI commission

It has been claimed that mortgage advisers are missing out on millions of pounds...

PPI remains most complained about product

Payment protection insurance (PPI) is the most complained about product, the Financial Conduct Authority...

Covéa Insurance joins Select & Protect panel

Select & Protect has announced that Covéa Insurance has joined its modular home insurance...

Income, assets and membership up at Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly has reported growth during 2016, with income, assets and membership all increasing. Premium income rose...

HL Partnership adopts SolutionBuilder

HL Partnership has adopted iPipeline's research, quote and apply solution, SolutionBuilder. SolutionBuilder allows advisers to compare...

Lack of SME awareness about business protection

53% of UK SMEs would close within a year if a key employee died or...

Dramatic fall in number of London empty homes

Over the past 10 years London has seen a major fall in the number of properties...

L&G protection payments up £64m

Legal & General paid out £606m to policyholders for critical illness, life, terminal illness and income...

Minority in the dark about bereavement or critical illness

One in five people don’t know where they would turn in the event of...

FCA publishes mission and business plan

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Mission, which aims to give firms and...

White paper encourages advisers to talk GI

Paymentshield has published a white paper which reveals why mortgage advisers should be broaching...

Surge in self-employed workers

The number of self-employed workers in the UK has increased from 3.8 million to...
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COMMENT

Comment

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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