Protection

360 Dotnet integrates with UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform

360 Dotnet and UnderwriteMe have announced a new partnership. The integration of UnderwriteMe's Protection Platform...

OMS integrates with UnderwriteMe

One Mortgage System (OMS) has fully integrated with UnderwriteMe to bolster its protection and...

Just Mortgages announces new protection roadshows

National brokerage Just Mortgages has announced it will be running a series of protection...

Almost half of UK workers overestimate the cost of income protection

44% of UK workers overestimate the monthly cost of income protection, life cover, and...

Royal London widens critical illness definitions

Royal London has widened the coverage on its critical illness cover by improving, changing...

Guardian bolsters Anytime service

Guardian’s existing and new policyholders across all cover types will be able to benefit...

Paradigm Protect expands PMI panel with Bupa addition

Paradigm Protect has added Bupa to its Private Medical Insurance (PMI) panel. From today,...

AIG Life upgrades underwriting architecture

AIG Life Limited has unveiled a new Underwriting Rules Engine (URE) and enhanced intermediated...

Legal & General announces new protection MD

Legal & General has announced two senior appointments to its Retail Protection team. James Shattock...

Over 10m overestimating value of Statutory Sick Pay

32% of workers in the UK overestimate the value of Statutory Sick Pay, which...

Wiltshire Friendly joins Right Protection panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the addition of Wiltshire Friendly to...

Two-thirds of UK workers using private healthcare

64% of workers reported using at least one form of private healthcare in 2023,...

Q&A: Jamie Page, The Exeter

BestAdvice fires the questions at Jamie Page, head of protection distribution at The Exeter. BestAdvice...

One-third of Gen Z employees have experienced mental health issues

'Gen Z' employees - those aged between 16-26 - report having experienced more mental...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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