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L&G in GI partnership with the Co-op Bank

Legal & General is embarking on a new partnership with the Co-operative Bank to...

SimplyBiz Group reveals Advice Show line up

SimplyBiz Group is to host a mortgage, general insurance and protection focussed online broadcast of...

Home renovation mishaps for one in seven adults

14% of adults in the UK have faced a home improvement mishap within the last...

Underwriting most important consideration for protection advisers

Defaqto has published a review of the service provided by protection providers as rated...

L&G reveals 2017 group protection claim figures

Legal & General paid 2,614 group protection claims in 2017. The claims were worth a...

Paradigm Protect offers protection helpdesk for members

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has introduced a new helpdesk specifically focused...

VitalityLife makes improvements to Serious Illness Cover

VitalityLife’s Serious Illness Cover offering has been improved, with new conditions added, existing definitions...

Scottish Widows hires protection director

Scottish Widows has appointed Gary Burchett to the role of protection director. He will have...

Just Mortgages reaches Openwork milestone

Just Mortgages has become the top firm in Openwork. In under two years of being...

Source Insurance makes senior appointment

Source Insurance has appointed Steve Jenkins to the role of head of commercial partnerships. After...

Openwork offers impaired life cover from the Exeter

Openwork has unveiled an impaired life cover solution from the Exeter to its protection...

Paul Kelly joins Uinsure from Paymentshield

Uinsure has announced the appointment of Paul Kelly to the new role of director...

Legal & General launches Critical Illness Extra

Legal & General has announced the launch of a new critical illness upgrade option,...

Mark Jones joins L&G as new product director

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Mark Jones as product director, UK...

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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PM Law Group collapse: essential information for buyers and sellers

Following the sudden collapse of PM Law Group, the Home Buying & Selling Council...

Conveyancing sector moves into gear following PM Law Group collapse

The abrupt closure of PM Law Group has left thousands of property transactions in...

Santander UK names new head of mortgage trading

Santander UK has appointed Ben Merritt as head of mortgage trading. Merritt (pictured) will report...

Britain’s post-war generation reaches 80 with longer lives and new financial pressures

The first wave of babies born after the Second World War turns 80 this...

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