Protection

Cirencester Friendly paid more than 95% of 2022 claims

Individual income protection provider Cirencester Friendly paid 95.4% of claims in 2022. This represents...

‘Powered by LifeSearch’ to drive move to embedded insurance

LifeSearch is enabling partner brands to offer digital protection products to their customers supported...

Sesame Bankhall Group provides protection support guides

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has published a range of practical support guides to help...

Access FS makes training manager appointment

Mortgage and protection firm, Access Financial Services, has appointed Peter Phillips as the new...

Vulnerability data could help resolve life cover challenges

A recent report by Swiss Re - Life Cover Payouts – under the microscope...

Over-55s who plan to work in retirement concerned about care costs

The cost of care is a top concern for a large number of over...

£42bn facilitated through 360 Lifecycle in 2022

Adviser CRM platform, 360 Lifecycle, has revealed that it facilitated over £7 billion in...

Canada Life offers mental wellbeing app

Canada Life has launched myStrength, a mental wellbeing app that offers a bespoke service...

SimplyBiz agrees PMI referral partnership with Usay Compare

SimplyBiz has partnered with PMI specialist, Usay Compare, to offer a referral service to...

Legal & General adds neurodiversity pathway to wellbeing support framework

Legal & General Group Protection has announced the launch of its neurodiversity pathway, as...

Stonebridge provides conference and awards dinner details

Stonebridge has outlined details of its 2023 National Conference & Awards, which will take...

Nearly two-thirds of over-50s worried about inflating insurance premiums

Britons aged over 50 are struggling with the rising cost of insurance with nearly...

Almost 4m older workers feel age discrimination

New research from Canada Life shows that 19% of workers aged 55 and over...

The Exeter appoints new customer service director

Protection and health provider, the Exeter, has announced the appointment of Claire Hird as...

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GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

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...

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North–South divide widens in UK’s most affordable towns

New research from Zoopla shows a deepening divide in housing affordability with the most...

Budget uncertainty stalls plans for almost a fifth of home-movers

Speculation over property tax reforms in the upcoming Autumn Budget is prompting thousands of...

Phoebus gains SBTi validation as it accelerates net zero strategy

Mortgage servicing software firm Phoebus has had its emissions reduction plans formally validated by...

Gold collection enables rapid £150k loan for business owner

A marketing entrepreneur has secured a four-month £150,000 loan against his gold collection after...

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