Income protection

New non-exec director for Direct Life

Mark Myers, British Friendly’s outgoing CEO, has joined Direct Life as a non-exec director....

Cirencester Friendly reveals 2016 claims figures

Cirencester Friendly paid 94.7% of claims in 2016, an increase on 2015's figure of 94%.  The individual...

Supporting extended families affecting squeezed middle

37% of women in the UK, aged between 25 and 44, have financially supported...

Scottish Widows to use electronic GP reports

Scottish Widows has introduced electronic General Practitioner (GP) reports into its protection policy underwriting...

Majority of women have no protection at all

For 28% women in the UK, the inability to support themselves or their families...

New IP deals from the Exeter

The Exeter has launched a new range of income protection products. Pure Protection Plus and...

Redundancy gap for millennials

Millennials could be hit with a bill of around £5,000 on being made redundant,...

Female breadwinners lacking income protection

The growing importance of the female workforce has been highlighted in new research from...

“Rocketing” stress levels for teachers

252,209 school days were lost due to teacher stress in the last academic year...

iPipeline integrates with the Key

An integration between iPipeline’s SolutionBuilder and Mortgage Brain’s CRM system, the Key, means advisers...

Long-term work absences a “prevalent issue”

Almost one in five employees surveyed had a long-term absence from work in the...

New chairman for Cirencester Friendly

John Quinn has been appointed as the new chairman of Cirencester Friendly. He succeeds Martin...

Paymentshield appoints Covéa Insurance

Paymentshield has appointed Covéa Insurance to provide the cover for two of its protection...

Cirencester Friendly offers IP rider benefits

Cirencester Friendly has introduced ‘My Extra Benefits’ – a package of additional benefits for customers...
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COMMENT

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...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

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

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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