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LV= unveils income protection for renters

LV= has revised its income protection plan to support people living in rented accommodation. Income...

Many firms unprotected against business partner death

51% of SME business owners would use their own personal wealth to support their...

Source Insurance joins Next Intelligence panel

Source Insurance is joining the Directly Authorised (DA) mortgage panel of Next Intelligence. The news...

Assurant Intermediary expands sales team

Assurant Intermediary has announced the appointment of Liam Nugent as business development manager (BDM). He...

Older homebuyers most at risk from lack of protection advice

Canada Life research has found that 13% of homebuyers who purchased their mortgage via...

New provider for Paymentshield’s rent protection product

Paymentshield has partnered with Arc Legal Assistance who will become the new provider for...

Mental wellbeing support not valued by employees

49% of employers believe that mental health is the biggest health and wellbeing challenge...

MAB introduces new GI partnership

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has joined up with Legal & General and Uinsure to...

Many self-employed unable to survive without work

A survey from LV= of the financial health of self-employed, part-time and contract workers...

Halifax introduces renters insurance with US fintech firm

Halifax has partnered with US fintech firm Trov to launch what is calling a...

The Right Mortgage to hold over 70 events in 2020

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced its events calendar for next year. It is...

MultiProtect behind MetLife protection payout growth

MetLife UK says it is on track to pay record claim volumes this year...

Hilltop Finance moves into insurance with Cavere Intermediary 

Hilltop Finance, the Manchester based financial advice firm specialising in pensions and retirement planning,...

Couples keep their earnings to themselves

New research from AIG Life Limited shows that couples transfer an average of just...

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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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