Critical Illness

Record claims payout for VitalityLife

VitalityLife paid a record amount in claims during 2015, with over £28m paid in claims on...

ABI unveils e-Signature usage principles

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a set of high level principles...

Paradigm to hold further MCD events

Paradigm Mortgage Services has outlined details of a new round of mortgage and protection events...

Pink Network to hold ‘kick off’ meetings

Pink Network is is to host a new series of roadshows across the UK in...

London and Country continues partnership with Winston’s Wish

Childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish has renewing its partnership for another year with mortgage...

Paradigm reveals lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the second yearly winners and runners-up from its Lender and Provider...

L&G bolsters critical illness cover

Legal & General has made changes to its critical illness cover to incorporate the...

SunLife improves heart attack definition

SunLife has made changes to its critical illness definitions. It says the move will make...

New protection ratings launched by Defaqto

Defaqto has launched its 2015 Protection Service Ratings to provide an unbiased assessment of...

ABI reveals extent of insurance payouts

UK insurers paid out the equivalent of £77m in insurance claims every day, according...

ABI seeks to reassure over personal data

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a new consumer guide on ‘How...

L&G paid out all CCIC leukaemia claims last year

Legal & General paid out £422,500 in Children’s Critical Illness Cover (CCIC) claims for...

ABI: 97.7% of all types of protection policy claims are paid

In 2014, £3.44bn was paid out by protection insurers to nearly 128,500 customers or...

LifeQuote launches premium and sum assured quotations

LifeQuote has launched a premium driven service to support the traditional sum assured approach,...

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I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

Why we shouldn’t wait for the FCA to act on later life lending

It might feel odd to be talking about a new year, when we’re barely half-way through this one, but the recent FCA Discussion Paper...

A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

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Job cuts to inflation shock: preparing for a mortgage arrears crisis

The latest data on jobs paints a picture of a rapidly weakening labour market. The...

Afin Bank added to Brilliant Solutions panel

Afin Bank has joined the lender panel of Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club and Packaging...

The Mortgage Works cuts 2 & 5-year rates

The Mortgage Works has cut rates across selected two and five-year fixed products, with...

Firms urged to digitise customer vulnerability to meet FCA targeted support rules

Firms must act swiftly to digitise their approach to customer vulnerability if they are...