Income protection

Homeowners risk mortgage safety net gaps

Many homeowners misunderstand the support available if illness, injury or redundancy leaves them unable...

Omni Protect appoints Caspian as referral partner

Omni Protect has appointed Caspian Insurance as its endorsed protection referral partner for firms...

Shepherds Friendly pays 97% of income protection claims

Shepherds Friendly paid out £3.25 million in income protection claims in 2025, after accepting...

Royal London refreshes protection anniversary emails

Royal London is rolling out refreshed anniversary emails to protection customers as insurers continue...

Income protection demand surges as UK protection market ‘rebalances’

Demand for income protection continued to accelerate during 2025 as advisers and consumers increasingly...

Shepherds Friendly inks Primis distribution deal

Shepherds Friendly has agreed a distribution partnership with Primis Mortgage Network for its income...

Mental health and the evolving role of mortgage advisers

Money worries rarely stay just about money. They affect sleep, confidence, relationships, and mental...

CIExpert partners with Succession Wealth on protection advice

Protection research platform CIExpert has entered into a strategic partnership with Succession Wealth aimed...

The Exeter team prepares for London to Paris charity cycle

Seven members of The Exeter’s distribution team will take on a 340-mile cycle from...

L&G protection claims top £1.38bn in 2025

L&G paid more than £1.388 billion across more than 26,000 retail protection and group...

The Exeter appoints Gary Warman as CFO

Health and life insurer The Exeter has appointed Gary Warman as Chief Financial Officer...

Cirencester Friendly adds minimum benefit guarantee to income protection products

Cirencester Friendly has introduced a minimum benefit guarantee across its Income Assured and My...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

Sickness absence stuck above pre-pandemic levels

Sickness absence across the UK workforce remains elevated despite showing signs of stabilising, reinforcing...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Financial services firms sign skills pact ahead of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...
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Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

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First-time buyers

Solo first-time buyers face almost a decade of saving before they can buy

Solo first-time buyers face saving for almost a decade before they can afford to...

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