Income protection

Cirencester Friendly publishes claims payout data

Cirencester Friendly has revealed that it paid 94% of claims in 2015.  During 2015 a...

Record claims payout for VitalityLife

VitalityLife paid a record amount in claims during 2015, with over £28m paid in claims on...

Raising a child dearer than buying a home

Raising a child from birth to the age of 21 now totals £231,843, making it...

Holloway Friendly increases IP claims paid

Holloway Friendly paid 96.9% of all income protection claims last year, a rise of...

Paradigm to hold further MCD events

Paradigm Mortgage Services has outlined details of a new round of mortgage and protection events...

Cirencester Friendly raises new business commission rates

Cirencester Friendly is to increase new business introductory commission rates for certain individual income...

New non-exec directors for Holloway Friendly

Income protection society Holloway Friendly has appointed two new non-executive directors (NEDs).   The appointments...

Pink Network to hold ‘kick off’ meetings

Pink Network is is to host a new series of roadshows across the UK in...

Paradigm reveals lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the second yearly winners and runners-up from its Lender and Provider...

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...
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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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