Life cover

Stonebridge Group unveils DA proposition

Stonebridge Group has launched Stonebridge Genus, its new proposition for directly authorised (DA) advisers. ...

Paradigm Protect expands Elite Choice Protection panel

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition linked to Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm...

Fall in Relevant Life Plan awareness

Awareness of Relevant Life Plans (RLPs) has reduced by 24% in the last two...

Scottish Widows reveals 2015 protection payments

Scottish Widows has revealed that it paid out over £219 million in life and critical...

Scottish Widows highlights seriousness of strokes

Scottish Widows has warned that just 39% of Brits feel that protecting their families in the event...

VitalityLife moves to finger-prick testing

VitalityLife is by introducing finger-prick testing to the UK life insurance market. This means that...

Intermediaries offered white labelled protection solution

Cavendish Online has launched a white label service aimed at providing intermediaries with a...

First Complete expands protection panel

First Complete has announced that specialist insurance broker Pulse has joined its protection panel. Pulse...

The Nationwide offers ‘e-gift’ for protection customers

The Nationwide Building Society is offering customers a £75 Marks & Spencer e-gift card...

FCA to investigate six life firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has this morning published a report setting out its findings...

Financial protection “becoming a decreasing priority”

Only 8% have critical illness insurance and only 33% have life cover, according to...

New Whole of Life deals from VitalityLife

VitalityLife has made changes to its existing product range and launched two new Whole of Life products. The...

Scottish Widows holds protection workshops

Scottish Widows, which recently returned to the intermediary protection market, has held a series...

Record claims payout for VitalityLife

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

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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