Protection

Group risk benefits “shouldn’t exacerbate gender pay differences”

Group Risk Development (GRiD), the industry body for the group risk protection sector, is...

L&G offers RedArc Nurse support services

Legal & General has added RedArc support services to all new intermediary-sold critical illness...

L&G improves critical illness proposition

Legal & General has partnered with RedArc to introduce six additional support services for its...

LV= to hold income roulette webinars this week

LV= is hosting a number of free, informative webinars for advisers looking at the...

Zurich introduces life cover ‘selfie’ app

Zurich has launched FaceQuote, a 'selfie' app to urge more people to think about and...

Engage with ‘robo advice’, brokers told

Advisers have been urged to to embrace ‘robo advice’ in order to help retain...

L&G offers rehabilitation support service

Legal & General has introduced a rehabilitation support service for customers of its Income...

Royal London offers signature-free consent form

Royal London has introduced an electronic signature solution to accelerate the payment of claims. The...

Scottish Widows highlights value of financial protection

21% people in the UK say their household would not be financially secure for...

SolutionBuilder offers risk & mortgage protection report

iPipeline has announced its latest update to SolutionBuilder, its research, quote and application solution for...

Sustained growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has announced sustained growth in its business application and completions across its...

New Adviser Hub from VitalityHealth

VitalityHealth has launched its new Adviser Hub platform, which will be rolled out to...

The Right Mortgage partners with CI Expert

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is to provide its members with discounted access...

Huge lack of self-employed critical illness cover

93% of the UK’s self-employed workforce have no critical illness cover, according to new...

COMMENT

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...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Latest news

Halifax says house prices slipped in March as market lost early spring momentum

UK house prices fell in March and annual growth slowed, with Halifax saying geopolitical...

StreamBank hires Paula Purdy and Gary Lomax for northern sales roles

StreamBank has appointed Paula Purdy and Gary Lomax to senior sales roles covering the...

First-time buyer demand picks up in early 2026 despite limited supply

First-time buyer demand increased in the first quarter of 2026, according to research from...

Modified affordability remortgages more than double after FCA rule change

The number of borrowers switching to a new lender using modified affordability assessments more...

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