Protection

Cirencester Friendly ups new business commission rates

Cirencester Friendly has announced that new business introductory commission rates in respect of its...

Guardian Financial Services launches on iPipeline and IRESS

Guardian Financial Services' protection offer is now available on iPipeline and IRESS, with Synaptic Webline...

TMA Club to offer critical illness software via CIExpert

TMA Club has entered into an agreement with CIExpert, a firm which analyses critical illness...

New NED for HL Partnership

Mortgage and protection network, HL Partnership, has appointed Mike Hughes as non-executive director (NED). Hughes...

Operating profit down at LV=

LV= has announces its interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2018. Operating...

CMA issues Barclays with legal directions over PPI breach

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken action against Barclays after it failed,...

APRIL UK comes to PMI agreement with AXA PPP healthcare

APRIL UK has reached an agreement with AXA PPP healthcare to offer APRIL UK’s...

SimplyBiz partners with Guardian Financial Services

SimplyBiz has secured a multi-year partnership deal with Guardian Financial Services. Guardian Financial Services re-entered...

APRIL UK withdraws from PMI market

Protection and health insurance provider, APRIL UK, is closing its private medical insurance plans...

Will Greenwood supporting L&G mental health campaign

Former England rugby union player Will Greenwood has become the latest sporting celebrity to...

Sesame Bankhall Group reports 22% rise in protection business

Sesame Bankhall Group's combined protection annual premium income (API) through PMS Mortgage Club and...

Protection challenger pilots with four UK distributors

New protection provider Guardian is piloting its life and critical illness proposition with four...

Millennials “don’t see the value of private healthcare”

The Health Insurance Group has claimed that millennials may be missing out on significant...

PMS and Sesame raise over £10,000 for British Heart Foundation

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have completed the first stage of their Rewire...

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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