Life cover

Many firms unprotected against business partner death

51% of SME business owners would use their own personal wealth to support their...

Older homebuyers most at risk from lack of protection advice

Canada Life research has found that 13% of homebuyers who purchased their mortgage via...

Addressing the first-time buyer protection gap

As an adviser, when you see a first-time buyer client, what are their main...

SME Group Life offering enhanced by MetLife

MetLife has improved its Group Life proposition to focus on small-to-medium enterprise SME employees'...

New Royal London life policy covers severe mental health conditions

Royal London has launched a pilot offering life insurance to individuals with severe mental...

Gender care gap affecting working women

New research from AIG Life shows a gender care gap is costing women at...

The Skipton unveils new life and critical illness deals

The Skipton Building Society has introduced new life and critical illness products. The new deals...

One-third of direct mortgage customers have no protection

34% of Legal & General Mortgage Club consumers who purchased their mortgage direct from...

OneFamily appoints distribution director

OneFamily has appointed Miles Bingham as its new distribution director. Bingham (pictured) has 30 years of...

Mortgage brokers behind iPipeline business growth

iPipeline has reported another increase in total year on year new business growth through...

60% of Brits don’t have life insurance

Two-thirds of Britons don’t have life insurance, despite a large majority having dependants or property...

Fill in a life insurance form “to avoid costly IHT bill”

Life insurance policy holders who don't complete a simple form are leaving their families...

18m in UK have “illness denial”

AIG Life has stated that 18.3 million people are living with what it has termed...

Sainsbury’s research highlights renters’ life cover gap

Only 26% of renters have life insurance or critical illness cover, in comparison to...

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

1.3 million households facing mortgage cost shock

Around 1.3 million additional UK households are now exposed to higher mortgage costs following...

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 &...

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