Protection

Royal London unveils joint life second death life cover

Royal London has introduced a joint life second death life cover option, in order...

Shepherds Friendly appoints new chief sales officer

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Phil Nash as chief sales officer. Nash (pictured)...

Iress adds ex-smoker questions to the Exchange for IP

Iress has announces the addition of ex-smoker questions to its income protection comparison service...

Right Mortgage Network outlines 2025 event schedule

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced its calendar of events for members...

A plan for single life has the support of industry heavyweights

During November CIExpert launched its ‘single is best’ campaign. No, this was not guidance...

27% have had a month off work because of illness or injury

27% of those recently surveyed for income protection specialist Cirencester Friendly have revealed that...

National Friendly backs BMI on the Exchange

National Friendly has become the latest provider to support BMI questions on the income...

LV= CEO named top executive LGBTQ+ role model

David Hynam, LV= chief executive, has been named the number one ‘Outstanding Executives Role...

CIExpert receives key industry backing for Individual Protection campaign

CIExpert's recently-launched 'Single is Best' campaign has received support from LifeSearch and Reassured. The campaign...

Scottish Widows offers new income protection deal via The Exchange

Iress has added Scottish Widows’ new Income Protection (IP) product to The Exchange, its...

AMI unveils four-point protection action plan

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched Making Protection Personal, its fifth Protection...

National Friendly drastically reduces income protection application times

National Friendly has reduced and simplified the questions on its Income Protection (IP) applications....

Zurich supports the Exchange’s new ex-smoker questions

Zurich is the third provider to support Iress' new ex-smoker questions on The Exchange...

AMI: Consumer Duty has increased adviser engagement with protection

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has released preliminary findings from its latest study...

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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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Mortgage chiefs warn MPs on affordability squeeze

Senior mortgage industry figures have warned MPs that Britain’s worsening home-affordability challenge will not...

Mortgage Brain adds Rely to sourcing platform

Mortgage Brain has added OSB Group’s newly launched buy-to-let lender, Rely, to its Sourcing...

Assetz Capital strikes £150m funding deal with Cambridge & Counties Bank

Assetz Capital has agreed a funding facility of up to £150 million with Cambridge...

Secure Trust Bank backs Silcoms with £4.2m funding package

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided more than £4m in support of Silcoms...

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