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Critical Illness
AIG Life moves to simplify Group CI
AIG Life has consolidated its Group Critical Illness conditions under grouped headings with the aim...
6 July 2021
Royal London removes Covid-19 underwriting restrictions
Royal London has removed restrictions to its underwriting approach put in place in 2020...
24 May 2021
Record protection payouts for Royal London in 2020
Mutual insurer Royal London paid 99.6% of all protection claims last year, totalling a...
28 April 2021
Widespread lack of mortgage protection highlighted
26% of existing or aspiring homeowners have missed a mortgage payment because of accident or...
22 March 2021
LV= reveals Covid-19 payouts
LV= has revealed that life insurance, critical illness and income protection claims caused by...
18 March 2021
LV= paid out £6.5m in Covid claims last year
LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling nearly £118 million during 2020. The insurer...
10 March 2021
Royal London introduces new protection menu tool
Royal London has unveiled a protection tool which helps provide menu protection plans for...
2 February 2021
WorkLife and Unum in protection partnership
Employee benefits portal, WorkLife, has joined forces with group insurance provider Unum to add a...
10 December 2020
L&G unveils digital-first group protection proposition
Legal & General Insurance has partnered with Salary Finance to launch Protect; a mobile-first,...
6 December 2020
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...
19 November 2020
Connect expands protection panel
Connect for Intermediaries has added Umbrella Protect to its protection panel. Umbrella Protect will provide...
18 November 2020
Royal London protection move “a breakthrough moment”
Royal London has added a signature-free beneficiary nomination to its individual life cover and...
15 November 2020
LV= extends Covid payment break options
LV= is extending its payment break option for customers unable to pay premiums because...
6 November 2020
Cancer cover claims crash due to Covid
LV= has seen a major decrease in cancer claims due to the impact of...
23 October 2020
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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...
24 October 2025
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...
21 October 2025
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...
20 October 2025
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...
20 October 2025
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...
20 October 2025
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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...
26 October 2025
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26 October 2025
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26 October 2025
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Bath BS invites broker feedback with prize draw
Bath Building Society has launched a broker survey inviting feedback on members’ recent experiences. Participants...
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