Protection

UK workforce more financially exposed today

Employees of today are more likely to fall into financial difficulty than they were...

Bright Grey widens Relevant Life Plan access

Bright Grey has launched its Relevant Life Plan as a separate product. The...

LV= offers ‘unique’ critical illness benefits

LV= has improved its critical illness (CI) cover. The changes include increasing the number of...

Scottish Widows publishes IP claims data for first time

Scottish Widows paid out 98% of life and 88% of critical illness claims last...

Record number of new complaint cases for FOS

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) handled 2,161,439 initial enquiries and complaints from consumers over...

Improved CI offering from Bright Grey

Bright Grey has improved its critical illness definition for cancer for personal and business...

Holloway Friendly unveils 24-hour support package

Holloway Friendly has launched a 24-hour advice and information service for its income protection...

Citizens Advice wants ban on financial services cold calling

Financial services providers such as claims management companies, pension unlocking services and credit brokers...

Seven-year high for stress in financial services

Stress, depression and anxiety have risen to a seven year high in the financial...

Growing positivity among adviser community

61% of First Complete mortgage and protection advisers feel more positive about the mortgage...

Scottish Widows makes key intermediary appointment

Scottish Widows has appointed Esther Dijsktra as head of intermediary protection propositions. She lead the...

Pink conferences want stronger lender-adviser relationships

Pink is holding a series of business development conferences around the country this month...

TenetLime outlines adviser roadshow schedule

TenetLime has published details of an eight-strong schedule of mortgage, GI and protection roadshows...

Ageas Protect hires ops director

Ageas Protect has recruited Peter Thomas as its new operations director. He takes over from...
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The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

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affordability

Mortgage chiefs warn MPs on affordability squeeze

Senior mortgage industry figures have warned MPs that Britain’s worsening home-affordability challenge will not...
Sourcing

Mortgage Brain adds Rely to sourcing platform

Mortgage Brain has added OSB Group’s newly launched buy-to-let lender, Rely, to its Sourcing...
Development finance

Assetz Capital strikes £150m funding deal with Cambridge & Counties Bank

Assetz Capital has agreed a funding facility of up to £150 million with Cambridge...
SME finance

Secure Trust Bank backs Silcoms with £4.2m funding package

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided more than £4m in support of Silcoms...

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