Protection

Paradigm Protect adds Cirencester Friendly to panel

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has added Cirencester Friendly’s range of Income...

Protection as costs of living rise: a question of affordability and value?  

It’s no secret that the costs of living in the UK are rising, with...

Legal & General Retail makes executive team appointments

Legal & General Retail, which has 12 million retail customers and workplace members overing...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new director of distribution

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Alan Waddington has been appointed as the new director...

Paradigm Protect unveils new PMI proposition

Paradigm Protect has launched a new Private Medical Insurance (PMI) proposition to member firms. The...

Guardian launches on Underwriteme platform

Guardian has announced its launch on UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform. This partnership further expands Guardian’s...

Over 40% of workers worried about loss of earnings due to personal illness

New data from protection and health insurer the Exeter has revealed that 43% of...

Royal London makes underwriting improvements

Royal London has introduced changes to its underwriting philosophy, primarily focussed on improving terms...

British Friendly selects new regtech solution

Income protection provider British Friendly is to adopt Product Governor, a new 'regtech' solution...

New providers for Access FS protection panel

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services has surpassed 20 protection providers on its...

LV= appoints chief executive

Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Limited (LV=) has announced the appointment of David Hynam as...

Lack of mortgage protection putting homes at risk

Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis already causing families to re-evaluate their financial...

Opportunity for intermediaries to help SMEs with wellbeing

New research shows that now is an optimum time for intermediaries to talk to...

Royal London expands beneficiary nomination to WOL plans

Royal London has expanded its signature-free beneficiary nomination, an alternative to setting up a...

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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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