Protection

HSBC Life (UK) makes positive mental illness underwriting change

HSBC Life (UK) has introduced new digital rules for mental illness disclosures made during...

Legal & General Retail claims CMO report “signals a new era of workplace wellbeing”

Legal & General Retail has announced the publication of the inaugural edition in a...

Guardian introduces new Life Essentials protection product

Guardian’s new low-cost life cover, Life Essentials, is now available on Guardian’s quote and...

Sesame Bankhall Group partners with Holloway Friendly

Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), have announced...

Broker advice “still vital” for protection consumers

New research by the Exeter has found that a clear majority of UK workers...

High costs cited as barrier to offering health & wellbeing support

Towergate Health & Protection has released research designed to help firms who are putting...

Co-op in life cover partnership with Legal & General

Legal & General has announced a new partnership with Co-op Insurance to offer members...

The Right Mortgage publishes 2024 event calendar

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

Cirencester Friendly maintains high levels of customer service

Cirencester Friendly has announced another strong set of results from this year’s Institute of...

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...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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...

Latest news

Glenhawk boosts northern broker coverage with new hire

Glenhawk has appointed Ryan Brewer as business development manager for the North West, North...

Bower deepens use of Advise Wise platform to support later life advice

Bower Home Finance has reaffirmed its commitment to technology-led advice by continuing to integrate...

Sort Group launches podcast on conveyancing reform

Sort Group is launching a podcast series focused on the pressures facing conveyancing and...

The Melton adds to broker team with new hire and internal promotion

Melton Building Society has expanded its broker sales team with the appointment of Heidi...

PROFILES