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L&G honours top performers at 14th annual Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has named the winners of its 14th annual Business Quality Awards,...

FCA moves to simplify insurance regulations

The Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to streamline its insurance rulebook, in a...

Rosemount Financial Solutions partners with 4C Platform for PMI

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has announced a...

L&G pays over £1bn in retail protection claims as digital overhaul cuts delays

Legal & General paid more than £1bn in retail protection claims in 2024, the...

OneFamily celebrates 50 years of inspiring better futures

OneFamily will have been owned by its customers, and growing their financial wellbeing, for...

UnderwriteMe reports 90% instant acceptance for mental health life cover disclosures

Insurtech firm UnderwriteMe, a subsidiary of Pacific Life Re, has reported that 90% of...

Threadbare safety nets and the reassurance of life insurance for mortgagors

For first-time buyers who have managed to save enough for a deposit, there’s a...

Six out of 10 advisers struggle to find cover for clients with multiple or pre existing medical conditions

UK health and life insurer The Exeter has revealed that finding cover for clients...

Iress adds The Exeter’s Real Life product to The Exchange platform

Iress has expanded the protection options available to advisers using its Exchange platform with...

OneFamily marks 50 years as a mutual championing financial wellbeing

OneFamily, the Brighton-based financial services mutual, will celebrate 50 years of customer ownership on...

SM Advice launches BSL-translated social media service to tackle financial exclusion among the deaf community

SM Advice, a specialist social media management firm for financial services professionals, has launched...

Advisers urged to fill growing protection gap as L&G exits fracture cover market

Brokers are being urged to revisit the everyday protection needs of clients after Legal...

LV= posts record £137m in protection claims as mental health support rises

LV= paid out a record £137 million in personal protection claims in 2024, up...

L&G strengthens protection offering with product enhancements

Legal & General has announced a series of product improvements across its protection range,...

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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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