Cover

British Friendly joins PRIMIS protection panel

PRIMIS has announced the addition of British Friendly’s range of income protection products to...

FCA proposes new PPI mailing requirements

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued final guidance that clarifies its expectations about...

Guardian Financial Services joins PRIMIS & PTFS panels

PRIMIS and Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) have added Guardian Financial Services to their...

FCA launches general insurance market study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined the issues it will focus on as...

Mortgage Advice Bureau adopts PreQuo and SolutionBuilder

Mortgage Advice Bureau has selected iPipeline's protection sales support tool, PreQuo and its protection...

Uinsure unveils Direct Apply facility

Uinsure has revised its application process to allow advisers’ clients to apply for a...

Paymentshield integrates with The Key

A new integration allows all direct users of Mortgage Brain’s POS, CRM and compliance...

L&G improves online protection application process

Legal & General has made an upgrade to its intermediary case management system, Online...

Guildford tops inheritance tax poll

More estates in Guildford paid inheritance tax than any other postcode area in the...

BFS to launch SME insurance business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is to launch a new on-demand insurance business for SMEs...

Average house sale value is £114k more than its rebuild cost

New analysis from Direct Line SELECT Premier Insurance has shown there is a large...

Cirencester Friendly launches My Earnings Protected

Cirencester Friendly has relaunched its income protection product My Earnings Insurance with key improvements. Now known...

Mental health support for young people highlighted by protection body

As today's World Mental Health Day focuses on the needs of young people this year,...

Aviva CEO steps down

Mark Wilson is to leave his position as chief executive officer of Aviva plc. Wilson...

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...

Latest news

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...

PROFILES