Protection

Aegon introduces servicing team for gender directive

Aegon has established a dedicated pipeline servicing team to assist advisers ensure they secure...

Bright Grey and Scot Prov outline gender directive plans

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have set out their plan for 'Gender Directive' pipeline...

Principality partners with L&G

Principality Building Society is partnering with Legal & General as the main provider of...

ABI issues gender-neutral insurance guidance

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published guidance for consumers over the forthcoming...

PruProtect tailors IP product for doctors

PruProtect has unveiled a new Income Protection product for doctors. The National Health Service has...

Record profits for PruProtect

Protection provider PruProtect has posted record results for the financial year to 30 June...

Working women “not recognising the importance of protection”

Women with full-time jobs are increasingly in charge of family finances but the majority...

New discount on Nationwide’s Lifestyle Protector

Nationwide Building Society has unveiled a new 10% discount offer on Lifestyle Protector, a...

Zurich pays out 91% of CI claims

Zurich has revealed it paid out a total of £32.7 million in critical illness...

LV= in first protection advice partnership

LV= has agreed a five-year partnership deal with the RAC. Via LV=, the motoring service...

Scottish Provident rejects only 2% for CI non-disclosure

Scottish Provident paid 93% of critical illness claims in the first half of 2012....

Ageas Protect appoints head of marketing and propositions

Ageas Protect has announced the appointment of Steve Casey to the role of head...

Scottish Provident offers six-point protection plan

Scottish Provident has developed a six-point 'Elevator Pitch' to help IFAs to "take its...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement...

Reeves: Social housing must play a major role in tackling crisis

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged that social housing will be central to Labour’s plans...

The Mortgage Shop and Stonebridge sign long-term deal

The Mortgage Shop (TMS), Stonebridge’s largest appointed representative (AR), has signed a new long-term...

Fintel launches Omnicore standalone distribution platform

Fintel has launched an intelligent distribution platform designed to provide a strategic conduit between...