Protection

Royal London appoints group chief financial officer

Royal London has announced the appointment of Daniel Cazeaux as group chief financial officer,...

The Exeter sees increase in demand for HealthWise services

The Exeter has reported a significant rise in registrations and usage of its HealthWise...

L&G reveals individual claims data for 2019

Legal & General paid out £731m across its Life, Critical Illness Cover, Terminal Illness...

Individual protection payouts at LV= top £100m

LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling £100 million during 2019. It supported more than...

IP claim volumes across AFM members up 39% in two years

Research by the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) into 10 member organisations that offer...

National Friendly launches new telephone and video GP service

National Friendly has linked with digital health provider of remote primary care, Medical Solutions,...

LV= unveils protection payment break

LV= is introducing ‘payment break’ financial support for qualifying existing members with LV= protection...

Royal London revises higher-risk underwriting position

Royal London has made some temporary changes to its underwriting in response to the...

Covid-19: Stonebridge outlines business continuity results

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge has revealed the outcome from the first month of significant...

Covid-19 roundtable: time to re-evaluate how we do things

BestAdvice’s recent virtual roundtable saw participants consider how the coronavirus crisis could bring about...

Covid-19: LV= makes underwriting changes to protection

LV= has introduced a range of changes to the way it underwrites income protection,...

Paradigm Protect unveils webinar series

Paradigm Protect has launched a series of webinars for member firms covering a range of...

Stonebridge extends Covid-19 business support

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge has launched a new Covid-19 support hub page for...

Just Mortgages sees pre-lockdown application spike

Brokers at Just Mortgages have seen one of their busiest weeks ever, as clients...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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