Protection

Only Londoners see life cover as most vital protection

37% of people recently surveyed by Zurich have home contents insurance, but no life...

Modern families less likely to have cover

Over the the past 10 years there has been a major rise in households...

Berkeley Alexander acts to help Honister members

Berkeley Alexander has introduced interim measures to help those members of Honister Capital who...

Income payment protection opportunities from PPI ‘ban’

The ban on selling payment protection insurance (PPI) alongside a loan actually provides a...

Aviva and Tesco agree protection deal

Aviva has agreed an exclusive five-year deal with Tesco Bank to provide life protection...

Women unaware of G-Day implications

Over 80% of women are completely unaware of the forthcoming introduction of the European...

Aviva added to First Complete income protection panel

First Complete has appointed Aviva to its income protection provider panel. The new Aviva...

Nationwide simplifies process for PPI complaints

Nationwide Building Society has moved to help customers make Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints...

Legal & General in new partnership with First Trust Bank

Legal & General and First Trust Bank has agreed a 'long term' joint distribution...

Canada Life Group Insurance expands protection offering

Canada Life Group Insurance has introduced an additional service from Best Doctors as part...

PruProtect offer 30% extra

PruProtect has announced that customers taking out a Life and Serious Illness Cover plan...

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident outline G-Day plans

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have confirmed their process for dealing with gender neutral...

Clients don’t believe in income protection

60% of advisers believe income protection is difficult to sell because clients don’t think...

L&G and Nationwide continue protection arrangement

Legal & General and Nationwide Building Society have agreed to continue their distribution agreement...
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COMMENT

Comment

We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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