Protection

British Friendly publishes Income Protection claims data

British Friendly has revealed its Income Protection paid claims statistics for the past 16...

Cirencester Friendly saw continued growth in 2021

Cirencester Friendly recorded continued growth during 2021 with premium income, membership and funds under...

L&G works with Fruitful Insights to bolster wellbeing offering

Legal & General has launched an exclusive partnership with Fruitful Insights that the insurer...

Iress expands Features protection initiative

Iress has launched the second phase of its Features initiative with the addition of...

National Friendly appoints executive head of marketing

Georgia d’Esterre has been appointed to the newly created role of executive head of...

Towergate Health & Protection grows group risk team

Towergate Health & Protection has welcomed two new group risk consultants, Rob Joyce and...

L&G pays out record in protection claims

Legal & General has revealed that it paid out a record 46 personal protection...

Group risk industry pays out record amount in claims

Employers utilised group risk protection to provide financial support to a huge number of...

MHAW: adults reluctant to disclose mental health to insurers

Scottish Widows' latest mental health research has revealed that more than 24 million UK...

SBG launches campaign to increase protection take-up

Sesame Bankhall Group has unveiled a new protection campaign to improve the financial resilience...

HSBC Life partners with TRM Network

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has embarked upon a new partnership with HSBC...

Cirencester Friendly to replace existing protection platform

IPipeline has announced a long-term partnership with Cirencester Friendly, where iPipeline’s SSG Digital platform will...

Legal & General Group Protection partners with CONNECTPlus

Legal & General Group Protection has partnered with long-term condition management support service CONNECTPlus,...

Adviser guide to saving protection policies refreshed

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), Protection Distributors Group (PDG) and Income Protection Taskforce...

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

Help to Buy benefits skewed towards higher earners, IFS finds

Government-backed Help to Buy schemes delivered modest improvements in housing affordability, with the gains...

Buying still £500 cheaper than renting despite rates above 5%

Mortgage affordability continues to outperform renting despite rates pushing back above 5%, as lenders...

Property auctions post strong March as sales and funds raised climb

Property auction activity gathered pace in March, with both sales volumes and money raised...

Santander cuts higher loan-to-value rates for first-time buyers and movers

Santander is cutting rates across a wide range of higher loan-to-value mortgage products from...

PROFILES