Protection

Life cover with critical illness getting cheaper across the board

Monthly premiums for life insurance with critical illness cover are down across the board...

Royal London returns to a pre-pandemic underwriting approach

Royal London has removed all Covid-19 restrictions to its underwriting for cases up to...

Paradigm Protect adds HSBC Life to panel

Paradigm Protect has become the first DA distributor to add HSBC Life to its...

Protection income generation can be transformational

Given what is going on in the world right now, 2021 already feels like...

Iress integrates O&M Profiler into The Exchange

Iress has further integrated O&M Profiler into its The Exchange platform. The firm says its...

PMS and Sesame completions up 18%

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has reported that combined mortgage completions in 2021 through its...

Just Mortgages provides business protection advice training

Just Mortgages is training its advisers to offer business protection advice. A dozen advisers have...

AIG offers protection cost cuts for six months

AIG Life has outlined changes that allow customers struggling with the cost of living...

Royal London to further roll out new underwriting approach

Royal London has stated that 94% of all life cover on its Business Menu...

Are NHS waiting times a new consideration for advisers?

The widespread disruption brought to NHS services by the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant...

Life broker appoints chief people officer

Life insurance broker, Reassured, has appointed Mareena Flint as its new chief people officer...

LV= to continue with payment break option

LV= is to carry on offering its payment break option permanently to maintain support...

Scottish Friendly unveils “game-changer” over-50s’ life product

Scottish Friendly has launched a new over-50s' life insurance plan. The plan helps protect vulnerable...

Royal London’s LV= takeover talks collapse

Royal London has confirmed that its merger discussions with LV= have ended. December saw Royal...

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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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Atom bank trims mortgage rates across Prime and Near Prime ranges

Atom bank has made further adjustments to its residential mortgage offering, lowering rates across...

Paragon Bank appoints Simon Glass as head of mortgage operations

Paragon Bank has expanded its mortgages leadership team with the appointment of Simon Glass...

OneDome expands reach with acquisition of Mortgage Intelligence

OneDome, the housing and fintech business, has acquired Mortgage Intelligence Limited, Life and Easy...

SDKA steps in after developer hit by mid-term lender policy change

An experienced developer has secured new finance from SDKA after their existing development lender...

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