Critical Illness

Huge lack of self-employed critical illness cover

93% of the UK’s self-employed workforce have no critical illness cover, according to new...

Uninsured women ‘leaving families vulnerable’

Scottish Widows has claimed that a lack of financial protection among women is leaving...

When retirement dreams are shattered by Alzheimer’s

Your client has counted down the years to retirement, paid off their mortgage and...

Millions have had finances damaged by poor health

Aviva has reported that 31% of UK adults have experienced temporary or permanent leave...

Royal London introduces medical consent e-signatures

Royal London has launched an e-signature solution to obtain customer consent under the Access...

3.5m with a critical illness faced a shortfall in income

Royal London latest research has found that on top of coping with a critical...

Three in four couldn’t deal with cancer consequences

72% of respondents say they would struggle to cope if their income fell by...

South West workers lack protection cover

People living in the South West of England are feeling increasingly financially squeezed. In 2014,...

Protection payouts up at Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows paid out 99.38% of life claims in 2016, an increase of 0.5%...

97% of all protection claims paid in 2016

Latest figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group Risk Development (GRiD)...

L&G seeks to reduce stigma around mental health

Legal & General has today launched a campaign to use sport to raise awareness, educate,...

L&G reveals 2016 protection payout figures

Legal & General paid 2,949 group protection claims worth a total of £264m in...

HL Partnership adopts SolutionBuilder

HL Partnership has adopted iPipeline's research, quote and apply solution, SolutionBuilder. SolutionBuilder allows advisers to compare...

L&G protection payments up £64m

Legal & General paid out £606m to policyholders for critical illness, life, terminal illness and income...
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COMMENT

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

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

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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