Protection

Stonebridge conference to focus on protection gap

Mortgage and insurance network, Stonebridge, has provided details of its 2020 conference programme for...

TMA Club adds Holloway Friendly to protection panel

TMA has announced the addition of income protection specialist, Holloway Friendly, to its protection...

LV= joins Mortgage Advice Bureau protection panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has added LV=’s Personal Sick Pay and Income Protection plans...

Don’t separate the mortgage and protection, brokers told

Richard Kateley, head of intermediary development at L&G, has warned that advisers with permissions...

LV= unveils income protection for renters

LV= has revised its income protection plan to support people living in rented accommodation. Income...

Many firms unprotected against business partner death

51% of SME business owners would use their own personal wealth to support their...

Older homebuyers most at risk from lack of protection advice

Canada Life research has found that 13% of homebuyers who purchased their mortgage via...

Mental wellbeing support not valued by employees

49% of employers believe that mental health is the biggest health and wellbeing challenge...

Many self-employed unable to survive without work

A survey from LV= of the financial health of self-employed, part-time and contract workers...

The Right Mortgage to hold over 70 events in 2020

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced its events calendar for next year. It is...

MultiProtect behind MetLife protection payout growth

MetLife UK says it is on track to pay record claim volumes this year...

Couples keep their earnings to themselves

New research from AIG Life Limited shows that couples transfer an average of just...

L&G improves employee assistance programme

Legal & General has made a number of changes to its EAP with Health...

Canada Life: protection key to mortgage customer retention

32% of homeowners who organised a fixed rate mortgage through an adviser are likely...

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

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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