Life cover

Royal London appoints group COO

Royal London has announced the appointment of Peter Josse as its new group chief...

Scottish Widows joins CIExpert’s insight zones

CIExpert has announced that Scottish Widows has become the ninth insurer to join its...

HSBC Life (UK) makes positive mental illness underwriting change

HSBC Life (UK) has introduced new digital rules for mental illness disclosures made during...

Guardian introduces new Life Essentials protection product

Guardian’s new low-cost life cover, Life Essentials, is now available on Guardian’s quote and...

Broker advice “still vital” for protection consumers

New research by the Exeter has found that a clear majority of UK workers...

Co-op in life cover partnership with Legal & General

Legal & General has announced a new partnership with Co-op Insurance to offer members...

Almost half of UK workers overestimate the cost of income protection

44% of UK workers overestimate the monthly cost of income protection, life cover, and...

Sesame Bankhall Group partners with HSBC Life (UK)

Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, have announced a...

HSBC Life joins SimplyBiz protection panel

SimplyBiz has appointed HSBC Life to its SimplyProtect range of provider partners. SimplyProtect is...

GRiD updates Statement of Best Practice for Supplier Agreements

GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector, has revised, improved, and relaunched...

Paradigm Protect partners with UnderwriteMe

Paradigm Protect has agreed a new partnership with technology provider, UnderwriteMe. Members of Paradigm...

The Right DA Club adds HSBC Life to panel

The Right DA Club has announced the addition of HSBC Life (UK) to its...

Financial costs of childhood cancer calculated

New research sponsored by Guardian and conducted by cancer charity, Young Lives vs Cancer,...

Royal London paid out £631m for protection claims in 2023

Mutual insurer, Royal London, paid out on average over £52m a month on protection...

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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...

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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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