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2021 a record year for LV= individual protection payments

LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling over £119 million during 2021. The insurer supported...

Widespread unawareness of tenants’ liability insurance

A significant amount of renters continue to be acutely vulnerable to financial loss due...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new CEO

Income protection specialist Cirencester Friendly has announced the appointment of Andy Morris as CEO,...

Assurant Intermediary appoints new BDM

Assurant Intermediary has appointed David Carr as business development manager (BDM) covering Wales, Midlands...

Royal London improves income protection non-medical limits

Royal London has made a number of enhancements to its non-medical limits for income...

Cirencester Friendly saw 14% of 2021 claims for Covid-19

Cirencester Friendly has paid more than £8 million in benefit in 2021, paying 93.6%...

CIExpert partners with Iress for protection sales

Critical illness comparison service, CIExpert, has announced a new partnership with Iress, to streamline...

Revamp for Paymentshield sales team as James Watson retires

General insurance provider Paymentshield has created two director of distribution roles caused by the...

Stonebridge reports completion volume rise of 33%

Mortgage and insurance network, Stonebridge, has reported mortgage application and completion growth through 2021...

Health Shield appoints new CEO

Health Shield Friendly Society has announced the appointment of Jacqui Carr as its new...

Paradigm Protect offers support over new GI rules

Paradigm Protect has provided further support for advisers around the transaction of General Insurance...

LV= has paid out over £19m in Covid related claims so far

LV= has reported that show life insurance, critical illness and income protection claims caused...

Royal London improves critical illness payouts

Royal London has improved its critical illness cover (CIC) to help pay more protection...

Enduralife expands product portfolio

Protection distributor Enduralife is now offering buildings and contents insurance to existing customers. Current customers who...

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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