Income protection

Cirencester Friendly product now on First Complete panel

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

Friends Life adds fracture cover to portal

Friends Life Individual Protection has launched its Fracture Cover addition for its life, critical...

New IP policy suite from LifeQuote

LifeQuote has launched a suite of short term income protection (IP) policies to support...

Royal London reveals income protection figures

Royal London has reported that there were 73 new claims paid in 2014, and...

Cirencester Friendly appoints two new non-execs

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Mark Sedgley and Ian Maude as non-executive directors. Sedgley (pictured) has...

Strong results from PG Mutual

Income protection insurance firm PG Mutual has announced another year of record results for...

Aegon UK improves multi-benefit offering

Aegon UK has made changes to its multi-benefit proposition for both personal protection and business...

High Court rules in favour of Cirencester Friendly

The High Court in London this week agreed to set aside two Financial Ombudsman...

Holloway Friendly launches critical illness IP policy

Holloway Friendly has unveiled what it claims to be a unique critical illness income protection...

Paradigm announces lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the first 2015 quarterly winners of its lender and provider awards. The...

Exeter Family Friendly paid 94% of IP claims

Mutual income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has revealed that 94% of all claims...

My Earnings Insurance added to Personal Touch panel

Cirencester Friendly’s income protection product, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to the Personal...

Pension revolution boosts group IP case

The launch of so-called 'pension freedom' and the need for employees to take increased...

Exeter Family Friendly adds virtual GP service to every policy

Exeter Family Friendly has added another new membership benefit for both its income protection...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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