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CIExpert adds Guardian to children’s CI Customiser Tool

CIExpert has added Guardian to its Children’s Critical Illness (CI) Protection Customiser Tool and...

Younger PMI policyholders turn to mental health support

New research from Howden Life & Health shows diagnostic tests and scans are the...

Royal London launches IHT hub

Royal London has launched an Inheritance Tax (IHT) hub to support advisers through client...

Quarter of adviser firms already discussing Mayfield Review

One in four UK adviser firms are already discussing the Mayfield Review and its...

Royal London highlights role of income protection

Income protection and wider workplace support are increasingly critical as workers grapple with health...

Scottish Widows joins iPipeline underwriting platform

Scottish Widows is set to add its life, critical illness and income protection products...

Extended illness forces nearly half of UK workers into month-long absences, research finds

New research from The Exeter suggests prolonged periods of ill health are becoming a...

Wealthy Advisers Club launches social media platform as membership hits 1,000

The Wealthy Advisers Club has launched a new social media content platform for mortgage...

Ceta adds Arkel’s Adapt notional cover to general insurance panel

Ceta has added the Adapt non-standard home insurance notional product from managing general agent...

If pets are protected, why not families?

I’ve heard many advisers say that protection insurance has ‘gone to the dogs’, but...

Paymentshield: home insurance referrals climb sharply as advisers embrace referral model

Advisers are increasingly turning to referrals for home and landlord insurance, with new data...

Yorkshire Building Society members save £2 million after first year of commission-free insurance

Yorkshire Building Society says members have saved more than £2 million in insurance premiums...

HLPartnership strengthens southern recruitment team with senior appointment

HLPartnership (HLP) has appointed Matthew Creswell as senior recruitment manager (South), with responsibility for...

Millennials tie confidence and purpose most closely to work

More than eight in 10 UK workers believe being unable to work because of...

COMMENT

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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