Income protection

Millennials not sold on benefits of income protection

74% of IFAs surveyed by Royal London think younger consumers are not addressing their...

PRIMIS adds Holloway Friendly to protection panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has added income protection specialist Holloway Friendly to its protection panel. The...

Protection is still undervalued

New Legal & General research has found the value of protection continues to be low. 52%...

MetLife in protection partnership with iPipeline

MetLife has announced a strategic partnership with iPipeline to grow the distribution of its...

Cirencester Friendly paid 95.2% of claims last year

Cirencester Friendly paid 95.2% of income protection claims in 2018, an increase on last...

VitalityLife unveils new mortgage plan

VitalityLife has launched a new Mortgage Plan, specifically designed for mortgage protection. Alongside this, VitalityLife...

L&G unveils income protection adviser hub

Legal & General has launched a new dedicated Income Protection (IP) Adviser Hub to...

British Friendly joins PRIMIS protection panel

PRIMIS has announced the addition of British Friendly’s range of income protection products to...

Cirencester Friendly launches My Earnings Protected

Cirencester Friendly has relaunched its income protection product My Earnings Insurance with key improvements. Now known...

Cirencester Friendly adds Member Rewards scheme

Cirencester Friendly has revised its income protection range with the addition of a Member...

LV= unveils Parent and Child cover amid introduction of new IP features

LV= has introduced of a range of new features to its Income Protection (IP)...

Cirencester Friendly ups new business commission rates

Cirencester Friendly has announced that new business introductory commission rates in respect of its...

L&G improves intermediary income protection proposition

Legal & General has updated its Income Protection Benefit plan (IPB) available through Intermediaries,...

Royal London reveals 2017 protection claim statistics

Royal London has reported that it paid out over £517m in protection claims last...

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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...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

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RICS survey points to further slowdown as landlords exit and sales activity eases

The August 2025 RICS Residential Market Survey has revealed a further weakening in sales...

TPFG helps generate 12,800 mortgages in first half of 2025

Estate agent network The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor,...

Revealed: Where buyers can still find homes under £150,000

Just 12% of homes for sale across Great Britain are priced below £150,000 new...

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...