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VitalityLife offering >30% income protection discount

Protection provider VitalityLife is offering up to 30% off its income protection (IP) premium...

Webline adds My Earnings Insurance

My Earnings Insurance, Cirencester Friendly’s income protection contract, has been added to protection and...

The Exeter improves IP offering

The Exeter (formally known as Exeter Family Friendly) has made additions to its Pure...

New protection ratings launched by Defaqto

Defaqto has launched its 2015 Protection Service Ratings to provide an unbiased assessment of...

New hire at Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Harry Ireland as senior customer care assistant. He joins the society...

ABI reveals extent of insurance payouts

UK insurers paid out the equivalent of £77m in insurance claims every day, according...

Two-thirds exposed to unplanned financial shocks

32% of adults in the UK have experienced a serious financial shock in the past...

ABI seeks to reassure over personal data

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a new consumer guide on ‘How...

ABI: 97.7% of all types of protection policy claims are paid

In 2014, £3.44bn was paid out by protection insurers to nearly 128,500 customers or...

Income protection provider appoints new account manager

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Jessica Arthurs has been appointed as an account manager. Previously senior...

Few workers have a financial backup plan

Only 29% of British workers currently have a financial safety net in place if...

Cirencester Friendly makes key appointment

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Andrew Horsley as its new company secretary and head of...

L&G broadens distribution with Intrinsic network

Legal & General has extended its partnership with the Intrinsic Financial Adviser Network, allowing...

Cirencester Friendly product now on First Complete panel

My Earnings Insurance, the pure income protection product provided by Cirencester Friendly Society, has...

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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...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

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Mortgage industry rallies behind Christmas charity concert

Momentum is building fast behind this year’s Christmas charity concert in aid of EveryYouth...

First-time buyers put at the heart of Treasury mortgage talks

The government will urge lenders to put first-time buyers at the top of their...

Target urges lenders to treat mortgage servicing as a strategic asset

Target Group has called on mortgage lenders to rethink their approach to servicing, arguing...

Heron Financial launches AI training cohort and ethics committee

Heron Financial has launched an artificial intelligence training programme for staff alongside the creation...