Protection

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...

Win gadgets with Canada Life

Canada Life Group Insurance is offering advisers the chance to win one of a...

L&G expands CIC cover

Legal & General has improving its critical illness cover (CIC). It now includes extra cover...

LV= undertakes customer service apprenticeship scheme

LV= has started a Financial Services Apprenticeship Programme for customer service teams working within...

PPI firm gets TV ad banned

A television advert from a PPI claims management firm has been banned. The ad for...

L&G boosts Group Income Protection offering

Legal & General has embarked upon a new partnership with physiotherapy specialists Physioworld. Founded...

PPI could be biggest consumer financial scandal ever

PPI now on course to be the biggest consumer financial scandal of all time,...

L&G outlines group protection approach to auto-enrolment

Legal & General has published details over its approach to auto-enrolment when it become...

L&G publishes latest heart disease stats

Legal & General has published the latest in its series of analyses of its...

LV= builds gender and I-E website for advisers

LV= has launched a website for advisers on the forthcoming gender directive and I-E...

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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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Kennek joins BDLA as trade body expands technology partnerships

Technology firm kennek has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as an...

Clients seek reassurance amid Budget uncertainty

Consumers are placing growing value on financial advice as speculation ahead of the Budget...

Rise in weight loss treatment leads to new underwriting questions

UnderwriteMe has enhanced the question set on its Protection Platform to ensure the use...

Millions of UK adults at risk of financial hardship

Millions of UK adults are at risk of financial hardship in the event of...

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