Protection

Friends Life introduces microsite

Friends Life has launched a new microsite connecting advisers to information on the services...

Scottish Provident boosts CI offering

Scottish Provident has announced a series of what it calls ’product boosters’ across its...

Bright Grey boosts critical illness cover

Bright Grey has improved its critical illness cover for personal and business protection menu...

Group risk advisers look to auto-enrolment

72% of advisers dealing with group risk believe that auto-enrolment will present them with...

New business growth for Scot Prov & Bright Grey

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have reported a rise in new business of 45%...

Many small employers unaware of group income protection

A quarter of small firms have never heard of Group Income Protection (GIP) products...

Pink and Aviva seek to create protection experts

Pink and Aviva have jointly launched a Protection Academy. The two firms claims the...

Sesame Bankhall announces restricted advice providers

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has revealed the initial product providers for its new restricted...

Barclays highlights protection gap

60% of UK adults do not have life insurance, according to new research from...

PPI ‘Summit’ to be held today

A Which? survey of over 2,000 people has found that 25% of people looking...

Ageas Protect makes senior comms hire

Ageas Protect has appointed Julie Henderson to the role of senior marketing communications manager. She...

The myth of lead generation

There is a noticeable trend towards performance based marketing and lead generation sits at...

Brits confused over PPI and MPPI

Consumers are baffled about Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) and could be risking their financial...

L&G unveils Relevant Life Plan

Legal & General is launching a new Relevant Life Plan. A Relevant Life Plan is...
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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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Gilt turmoil puts fresh pressure on mortgage rates

Rising government borrowing costs are putting renewed upward pressure on UK mortgage rates as...
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UK needs first primary surplus in 25 years, warns NIESR

The UK needs to run its first primary budget surplus in 25 years if...
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Gatehouse launches fee-free refinance products

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Bank of England turns to AI and real-time mortgage data

The Bank of England is using artificial intelligence and real-time financial data, including information...

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