Protection

OneFamily appoints head of protection propositions

The OneFamily Group has appointed Chris McNab as its new head of protection propositions. McNab...

HSBC Life (UK) appoints head of protection distribution

HSBC Life (UK) has appointed Richard Waters as head of protection distribution. Waters (pictured) was...

Access FS turnover up 46%

Access Financial Services has revealed that between April 2023 and April 2024, it increased...

RedArc sees 23% rise in mental health cases

RedArc’s team of professional nurses gave mental health care and support to an additional...

Legal & General updates intermediary protection platform

Legal & General has made a number of updates to its adviser protection platform,...

Royal London aims to be more inclusive towards cancer survivors

Royal London has introduced a new approach to cancer underwriting, broadening the access to...

Building trust when it comes to protection claims

When it comes to protection insurance, the independent advice community could well be called...

Canada Life appoints managing director of group protection

Canada Life has appointed Dan Crook to the position of managing director, group protection. He...

Legal & General appoints head of product and proposition for retail protection

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Nicki Plews as its new head...

CLSQ launches bamboo indemnity insurance

CLSQ has introduced a bamboo indemnity insurance product to provide protection should bamboo be...

National Friendly launches non-underwritten cover for ‘unforeseen’ eventualities

National Friendly has launched a new product, Friendly Shield, designed to support stretched household...

The Right DA Club develops PMI offering

The Right DA Club has announced a number of initiatives focused on supporting adviser...

Towergate Health & Protection appoints new head of operational excellence

Beth Alahakoon has joined Towergate Health & Protection as its new head of operational excellence. The...

Charting the right course on protection advice

To say that having a strong protection proposition, or an arrangement where you refer...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...