Protection

Scottish Widows produces annual protection summaries

Scottish Widows Protect has introduced its first annual protection summaries to help advisers build ongoing...

The Exeter appoints non-executive director

Health and protection insurer, The Exeter, has appointed Helen McEwan as a non-executive director. McEwan...

Scottish Widows announces fund refresh

Scottish Widows has made a number of changes to its fund range as part of its ‘Driving...

SunLife acquisition completed

Specialist over-50s insurer SunLife has completed its sale from AXA to become part of...

Zurich reveals GI and life claims data

Zurich has revealed that over £1 billion was paid out in claims during the...

Aegon UK appoints CFO

Aegon UK has appointed Stephen McGee as its chief financial officer (CFO). He has held...

Advisers expect worsening protection gap

72% of IFAs believe there is a growing threat of people not having enough...

Redundancy gap for millennials

Millennials could be hit with a bill of around £5,000 on being made redundant,...

Life insurance gap revealed

44% of people with children aged 18 or under, and/ or who are married...

Protection importance highlighted in Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Nearly 60,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year, equivalent to one...

Female breadwinners lacking income protection

The growing importance of the female workforce has been highlighted in new research from...

“Rocketing” stress levels for teachers

252,209 school days were lost due to teacher stress in the last academic year...

TRMPN chooses SolutionBuilder

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has adopted iPipeline's research, quote and apply portal SolutionBuilder. SolutionBuilder is a...

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

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Aldermore unveils new limited edition five-year BTL products

Aldermore has launched a pair of limited edition five-year buy-to-let mortgages for landlords, with...

AMI calls on advisers to take part in protection survey

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched its annual survey of mortgage and...

Broker confidence holds steady as mortgage market cools

Confidence among mortgage brokers held firm in the second quarter of the year despite...

The Suffolk cuts expat mortgage rates amid rising demand

Suffolk Building Society has cut rates across its expat mortgage range, with reductions of...