Critical Illness

L&G improves Term and Terminal Illness cover

Legal & General has made changes to all its Term Assurance products and Terminal...

The Exeter launches financial calculator

The Exeter has launched an online Forecast Calculator to help advisers engage their customers...

The Nationwide offers ‘e-gift’ for protection customers

The Nationwide Building Society is offering customers a £75 Marks & Spencer e-gift card...

Financial protection “becoming a decreasing priority”

Only 8% have critical illness insurance and only 33% have life cover, according to...

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...

COMMENT

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...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Financial services firms sign skills pact ahead of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...

Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

Brilliant Solutions has partnered with Box Socials to give its members discounted access to...

Mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

Fixed mortgage rates have recorded their biggest monthly reductions for almost two years, as...

Solo first-time buyers face almost a decade of saving before they can buy

Solo first-time buyers face saving for almost a decade before they can afford to...

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