Protection

SimplyBiz Group unveils Protection Academy

The SimplyBiz Group has announced the launch of its Protection Academy, aimed at...

Exeter Family Friendly expands IP pricing options

Exeter Family Friendly has launched a level premium option on its Income One income...

Ageas Protect publishes its critical illness stats

Ageas Protect paid out 89.3% of critical illness (CI) and children’s CI protection claims...

Paradigm Protect to hold Twitter debate

Paradigm Protect, the newly launched protection proposition for advisory firms, is to hold a...

Paradigm unveils protection portal

Paradigm Group has launched a new proposition, Paradigm Protect, designed to offer a comprehensive...

Exeter Family Friendly hikes premiums

Exeter Family Friendly is to increase premiums on its short-term income protection plan, Bills...

Ageas Protect enters new market

Ageas Protect has entered the relevant life insurance market, which builds on the launch...

Aegon increases income protection payout rate

Aegon UK last year paid just over 93% of claims received, an increase of...

Exeter Family Friendly back on the road

Mutual healthcare and protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has announced the continuation of its...

S&P increases LV=’s rating

Standard and Poor’s has increased Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd (LVFS)’s rating from BBB+...

Aegon improves protection payout percentages

Aegon UK has reported an increase in the value of life protection and critical...

New board appointment at Exeter Family Friendly

Exeter Family Friendly has announced that David Brand is joining as an independent non-executive...

Royal London appoints FD

Royal London has appointed Tim Harris as its new finance director. Harris, who will be...

Great start to 2014 for Berkeley Alexander

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander says sales via its distribution partners are up by...

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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