Critical Illness

The Right Mortgage partners with CI Expert

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is to provide its members with discounted access...

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...

COMMENT

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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LSL Financial Services appoints interim managing director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Piotr Nowosad as interim managing director to lead its...

Mortgage demand slows in second quarter as higher rates hit affordability

Higher borrowing costs weighed on mortgage demand during the second quarter, although Stonebridge says...

Omni Protect becomes first service provider to adopt Beagle Street intermediary proposition

Omni Protect has become the first service provider for directly authorised firms to offer...

Dudley BS rolls out new mortgage platform to all brokers

Dudley Building Society has completed the rollout of its new mortgage origination platform to...

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