Critical Illness

AIG Life moves to simplify Group CI

AIG Life has consolidated its Group Critical Illness conditions under grouped headings with the aim...

Royal London removes Covid-19 underwriting restrictions

Royal London has removed restrictions to its underwriting approach put in place in 2020...

Record protection payouts for Royal London in 2020

Mutual insurer Royal London paid 99.6% of all protection claims last year, totalling a...

Widespread lack of mortgage protection highlighted

26% of existing or aspiring homeowners have missed a mortgage payment because of accident or...

LV= reveals Covid-19 payouts

LV= has revealed that life insurance, critical illness and income protection claims caused by...

LV= paid out £6.5m in Covid claims last year

LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling nearly £118 million during 2020. The insurer...

Royal London introduces new protection menu tool

Royal London has unveiled a protection tool which helps provide menu protection plans for...

WorkLife and Unum in protection partnership

Employee benefits portal, WorkLife, has joined forces with group insurance provider Unum to add a...

L&G unveils digital-first group protection proposition

Legal & General Insurance has partnered with Salary Finance to launch Protect; a mobile-first,...

Owl Financial reaps rewards from online face-to-face advice

Owl Financial, Openwork’s specialist protection advice business, has arranged over 47,000 policies since the...

Connect expands protection panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Umbrella Protect to its protection panel. Umbrella Protect will provide...

Royal London protection move “a breakthrough moment”

Royal London has added a signature-free beneficiary nomination to its individual life cover and...

LV= extends Covid payment break options

LV= is extending its payment break option for customers unable to pay premiums because...

Cancer cover claims crash due to Covid

LV= has seen a major decrease in cancer claims due to the impact of...

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Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers

This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...

Why limited company lending is now the real buy-to-let mainstream

It’s funny how quickly the market changes its rhythm. Not long ago, limited company buy-to-let felt like a specialist niche, the preserve of portfolio...

TOM BILL: Lower borrowing costs offer Treasury respite

The length of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s observation window – the period when it takes a snapshot of the economy to inform its...

How social media has transformed financial services

As SM Advice celebrates its first year it’s hard to ignore just how much social media has changed for financial services - and for...

Work provides purpose, something well worth protecting

When you meet someone for the first time, what questions do you ask? After enquiring about their name and where they live, the next...

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Santander lifts remortgage LTV limit for capital raising

Santander UK is increasing the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) available to customers remortgaging with capital...

Upfront costs deter homeowners from retrofitting despite long-term energy savings

Retrofitting existing homes with energy-efficient technology could play a major role in helping the...

FCA takeover of AML oversight a ‘wake-up call’ for law firms, says SmartSearch

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s loss of its anti-money laundering (AML) supervision powers marks a...

Bath BS invites broker feedback with prize draw

Bath Building Society has launched a broker survey inviting feedback on members’ recent experiences. Participants...