Income protection

Iress adds ex-smoker questions to the Exchange for IP

Iress has announces the addition of ex-smoker questions to its income protection comparison service...

27% have had a month off work because of illness or injury

27% of those recently surveyed for income protection specialist Cirencester Friendly have revealed that...

National Friendly backs BMI on the Exchange

National Friendly has become the latest provider to support BMI questions on the income...

Scottish Widows offers new income protection deal via The Exchange

Iress has added Scottish Widows’ new Income Protection (IP) product to The Exchange, its...

National Friendly drastically reduces income protection application times

National Friendly has reduced and simplified the questions on its Income Protection (IP) applications....

Cirencester Friendly announces key promotions

Cirencester Friendly has made two new appointments in its underwriting and claims teams. Sue Kissane...

Berkeley Alexander launches new flexible ASU policy

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander, in partnership with speciality reinsurer Canopius, has announced the...

British Friendly appoints new head of marketing

British Friendly has announced the appointment of Pouja Barot as its new head of...

National Friendly launches non-underwritten cover for ‘unforeseen’ eventualities

National Friendly has launched a new product, Friendly Shield, designed to support stretched household...

2023 a record year for AIG Life protection payouts

AIG Life paid out a record £394m in protection insurance claims in 2024. The firm helped...

Advisers see 2024 as good year for protection growth

iPipeline has reported that 47% of the advisers in the UK who responded to...

Royal London strengthens income protection proposition

Royal London has made a series of updates to strengthen and expand the flexibility...

Zurich unveils Accelerate service for protection customers

Zurich has teamed up with Further to provide a investigation and treatment service for...

Cirencester Friendly joins the Right DA Club’s panel

The Right DA Club has announced the addition of mutual provider, Cirencester Friendly, to...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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