Income protection

Cirencester Friendly appoints new CEO

Income protection specialist Cirencester Friendly has announced the appointment of Andy Morris as CEO,...

Royal London improves income protection non-medical limits

Royal London has made a number of enhancements to its non-medical limits for income...

Cirencester Friendly saw 14% of 2021 claims for Covid-19

Cirencester Friendly has paid more than £8 million in benefit in 2021, paying 93.6%...

LV= has paid out over £19m in Covid related claims so far

LV= has reported that show life insurance, critical illness and income protection claims caused...

Iress integrates O&M Profiler into The Exchange

Iress has further integrated O&M Profiler into its The Exchange platform. The firm says its...

Iress to drive National Friendly expansion strategy

National Friendly has gone live with Iress' Exchange portal service to drive growth in...

Cirencester Friendly appoints director of risk & compliance

Cirencester Friendly has made an addition to its senior management team with the appointment...

Minority report mental health condition to insurer

The pandemic has seen 47% of UK adults experience mental health challenges as people faced financial hardship,...

Cirencester Friendly to join IPTF 

Cirencester Friendly will be joining Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) in 2022. The Friendly Society...

Cirencester Friendly hires interim director of distribution and sales

Cirencester Friendly has made another key appointment to its senior management team. Andy Peters has...

When it comes to managing debt, Income Protection can make all the difference

Last year, the average UK resident had approximately £6,757 in financial savings, a concerning...

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...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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