Critical Illness

Mobile insurance more popular than critical illness cover

Scottish Widows has found that despite 21% of people admitting their household wouldn’t survive...

Scottish Widows publishes 2017 protection claims statistics

Scottish Widows paid out 98.99% of life claims and 93.06% of critical illness claims...

Paradigm Protect partners with Canada Life

Paradigm Protect has launched a new relationship with retirement, investment and protection provider, Canada...

L&G introduces mental health awards

Legal & General has launched its Not A Red Card Awards to celebrate what...

VitalityLife makes improvements to Serious Illness Cover

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

Legal & General launches Critical Illness Extra

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

Protection promoted during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and to coincide with this, Scottish Widows is...

L&G paid out 98% of all life claims in 2017

Legal & General paid out a total of £636m across its life, critical illness,...

Scottish Widows Protect joins UnderwriteMe comparison service

Scottish Widows Protect decision to join the UnderwriteMe quote comparison service means intermediaries can...

Mothers lacking in financial protection

Scottish Widows has reported that 60% of women in the UK with dependent children...

New business boost for iPipeline

iPipeline has reported a 28% year-on-year increase in new business processing for the life market. This...

L&G unveils Children’s Critical Illness Extra

Legal & General has launched Children’s Critical Illness Extra (CCIx), a paid for option,...

VitalityHealth unveils new GP access service

VitalityHealth has introduced a new Vitality GP service, meaning it is now offering and...

Royal London unveils enhanced children’s CIC

Royal London has introduced flexible options and enhancements to its critical illness cover (CIC)....

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What, me? Standing out in a crowded market

The mortgage market is changing. It’s more competitive, more complex and more client-focused than ever before. But it’s not just client needs that are evolving,...

Food for thought for those not selling mortgage protection

Networks have told me that only one-in-four mortgages arranged are safeguarded by mortgage protection plans. This is poor and worse, from what I hear,...

Buy-to-let market could be mere months away from seismic shift

As the Renters Reform Bill works its way through parliament there should be much to engage advisers’ landlord borrower clients, and a lot of...

How a JBSP mortgage can help boost affordability

With the average house price in the UK nearing £300,000, affordability remains a sticking point for many prospective homebuyers, particularly those trying to buy...

Why bridging finance will help SMEs weather the economic storm

It’s fair to say that the government's latest statement had little spring in it, and our daily tariff antics from over the pond are...

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L&G strengthens protection offering with product enhancements

Legal & General has announced a series of product improvements across its protection range,...

LendInvest strengthens leadership team

LendInvest Mortgages has promoted two senior executives to managing director roles as the fintech...

Roma Finance launches revolving credit facility

Roma Finance has launched a new Revolving Credit Facility designed to offer property professionals...

Paragon Bank unveils cheapest buy-to-let five-year fix since 2022

Paragon Bank has launched its most competitively priced five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgage in almost...
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