Protection

Norwich intermediary expands into the capital

Norwich based mortgage intermediary NM Finance has expanded its team and opened a new office in...

Openwork improves protection information reporting

Openwork has introduced Personalised Risk Reports that help advisers emphasise the importance of protection...

Scottish Widows adapts critical illness policy wording

Scottish Widows has updated the critical illness definitions for Scottish Widows Protect, its intermediary...

ABI wants income protection ‘win-win’

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called on the government to introduce a...

Cohabitees have greater financial risk

Aviva’s Family Finances research indicates that nearly two million UK cohabitees (51%) say government...

SortRefer offers ‘fall through’ protection

SortRefer is offering customers the ability to protect themselves against financial loss in the event...

Stonebridge Group expands protection panel

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has added two new providers to its protection...

L&G unveils Trainsmart programme

Legal & General is introducing a computer-based test for advisers, known as Trainsmart. It was announced at...

Protection ‘rules of thumb’ out of date

A new report from Aegon, and actuarial firm EValue, has found that economic conditions as...

One in three SMEs affected by ‘critical’ business issues

New research by Direct Line for Business indicates that 31% of UK small business owners have experienced...

L&G reveals business quality award winners

Legal & General has this afternoon announced the winners of its sixth annual Business Quality Awards...

LV= Broker added to UNA partner panel

LV= Broker has joined the partner panel of UNA. UNA is owned by 13 of...

PPI claims firm rapped over ad

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from Lloyds Banking Group over a...

Renters lack protection provision

Research from Scottish Widows indicates that while 30% of private renters admitting that they’d not...

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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