Critical Illness

One-third of direct mortgage customers have no protection

34% of Legal & General Mortgage Club consumers who purchased their mortgage direct from...

18m in UK have “illness denial”

AIG Life has stated that 18.3 million people are living with what it has termed...

Sainsbury’s research highlights renters’ life cover gap

Only 26% of renters have life insurance or critical illness cover, in comparison to...

L&G adds protection product for private rented sector

Legal & General has completed the pilot phase of its new Rental Protection Plan...

“Strong year” for Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly has reported an annual increase in premium income, membership and funds under...

People expect to be fit for work for longer

UK workers expect to be physically capable of doing their jobs until past their...

Legal & General paid £332.7m in life claims in 2018

Legal & General has published data showing how much it paid out on individual...

Paradigm reveals 2019 lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect, the mortgage services and protection propositions, have announced...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network partners with Best Insurance

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has embarked upon a partnership with Best Insurance,...

Multi benefit protection growth for HLPartnership

HL Partnership has reported a rise in the take up of multi benefit protection...

L&G encourages protection language rethink

Legal & General wants the insurance sector to reconsider the way it talks and...

Advisers worried about under-protection for the self-employed

MetLife research indicates that the rise of self-employment is helping drive sales of individual...

Payout high for MetLife’s MultiProtect policy

MetLife UK has reveals that during 2018 it paid a protection claim every hour,...

L&G and Police Mutual agree protection partnership deal

Legal & General and Police Mutual have agreed a three-year protection partnership. The arrangement will...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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