Protection

Value Added Benefits helping with mental health conversations

New research from HSBC Life (UK) has found that Value Added Benefits (VABs) as...

The Right Mortgage to hold June roadshow events

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have announced a range of...

Towergate Health & Protection appoints chief technology officer

Towergate Health & Protection has bolstered its executive leadership team with the appointment of...

The Exeter paid out £11m in 2023 income protection claims

The Exeter has published its annual claims data across its income protection, health insurance,...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new proposition manager

Cirencester Friendly has created the brand new role of proposition manager as it embarks...

Legal & General updates critical illness cover

Legal & General has updated its Critical Illness Cover (CIC) product proposition, as it...

iPipeline appoints new CFO

iPipeline has announced the appointment of Adam Boone as chief financial officer (CFO). He will...

Mutual income protection providers “rapidly” growing new business

Members of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) that provide income protection products now...

Mortgage Advice Bureau adds Guardian to protection panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau has welcomed Guardian onto its protection panel. As a new addition to...

Stonebridge in new ASU partnership with Wessex Group

Stonebridge has launched a new Accident, Sickness, and Unemployment (ASU) partnership with independent insurance...

6% rise in LV= individual protection payouts

Mutual insurer LV= paid individual protection claims totalling £135m during 2023, up 6% since...

Nearly 4m workers unsure when to buy an insurance product

13% of working people in the UK – a total of 3,952,000 based on...

Royal London improves HNW underwriting

Royal London has introduced changes to its underwriting limits. The changes focus on improving the...

The Right Mortgage reveals lending and membership details for 2023

The Right Mortgage & Protection network has revealed that it completed £6 billion of total...

COMMENT

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Latest news

CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand...

Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the...

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

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