Income protection

LV= pays out £309k for claim lasting 35 years

LV= has revealed that it paid out over £309,000 for a single income protection...

National Friendly adds full income protection policy

National Friendly has launched a full income protection policy, adding to its recently launched...

The Exeter appoints head of strategic partnerships

Health and protection insurer, The Exeter, has announced the appointment of Jamie Page as...

Covid has not caused a spike in protection demand

The Covid-19 pandemic has not led into a rise of requests for protection, despite...

Iress adds Features enhancement to income protection

Iress has introduced an improvement to its quote and apply software The Exchange, enabling...

Cirencester Friendly launches IP health support benefits

Cirencester Friendly has launched YourHalo to its income protection members. YourHalo (Your Health and Lifestyle...

Shepherds Friendly boosts benefits to IP members

Shepherds Friendly has partnered with healthcare charity, Nuffield Health, to offer a range of...

Cirencester Friendly begins search for new CEO

Paul Hudson, Cirencester Friendly's CEO, is to retire in April 2023, at which point...

Cirencester Friendly attains ServiceMark accreditation

Cirencester Friendly has been awarded The Institute of Customer Service (ICS) ‘ServiceMark’ accreditation. ServiceMark is...

Shepherds Friendly joins PDG Claims Charter

Shepherds Friendly has joined the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) Claims Charter, which sets out...

The Exeter offers level guaranteed premiums across all occupation classes

The Exeter has launched a new income protection product combining its Income One and...

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...

Covid responsible for 32% of the Exeter’s IP claims

The Exeter paid over £10.1m in income protection (IP) during 2020, equating to 91% of...

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You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

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Midlands and northern England dominate buy-to-let purchases as landlords seek value

Buy-to-let lending in the Midlands and the north of England accounted for nearly half...

United Trust Bank moves into student housing with new funding offer

United Trust Bank has broadened its living sector proposition with the launch of a...

Market Financial Solutions joins Sesame lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to Sesame’s panel of lenders, giving members...

Fleet Mortgages trims buy-to-let fixed rates at 75% LTV

Fleet Mortgages has reduced rates across its core two- and five-year fixed products at...