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L&G partners with Prestige Underwriting Services

Legal & General and Prestige Underwriting Services have announced a strategic partnership between the...

Life insurance gap revealed

44% of people with children aged 18 or under, and/ or who are married...

ABI assembles Pensions Dashboard team

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has put together a dedicated team to move forward its Pensions...

One-third of tenants think they can take fixtures or fittings

30% of people who have rented a property in the last five years think...

Protection importance highlighted in Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Nearly 60,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year, equivalent to one...

Female breadwinners lacking income protection

The growing importance of the female workforce has been highlighted in new research from...

“Rocketing” stress levels for teachers

252,209 school days were lost due to teacher stress in the last academic year...

Burst water pipes major cause of insurance claims

Legal & General has revealed that one of the major reasons for home insurance claims is...

TRMPN chooses SolutionBuilder

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has adopted iPipeline's research, quote and apply portal SolutionBuilder. SolutionBuilder is a...

Zurich returns to Source household panel

Source Insurance has announced the return of Zurich to its household panel. The bedroom rated...

Paymentshield improves emergency and legal cover

Paymentshield has launched upgrades to its home emergency and legal expenses cover following  the appointment of...

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

MetLife expands bereavement and probate service

MetLife has revealed that it is expanding its bereavement and probate service as it...

UK’s “lack of financial protection” highlighted

Scottish Widows is emphasising the need for financial protection in the event that the...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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