Protection

The Exeter paid out £11m in 2023 income protection claims

The Exeter has published its annual claims data across its income protection, health insurance,...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new proposition manager

Cirencester Friendly has created the brand new role of proposition manager as it embarks...

Legal & General updates critical illness cover

Legal & General has updated its Critical Illness Cover (CIC) product proposition, as it...

iPipeline appoints new CFO

iPipeline has announced the appointment of Adam Boone as chief financial officer (CFO). He will...

Mutual income protection providers “rapidly” growing new business

Members of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) that provide income protection products now...

Mortgage Advice Bureau adds Guardian to protection panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau has welcomed Guardian onto its protection panel. As a new addition to...

Stonebridge in new ASU partnership with Wessex Group

Stonebridge has launched a new Accident, Sickness, and Unemployment (ASU) partnership with independent insurance...

6% rise in LV= individual protection payouts

Mutual insurer LV= paid individual protection claims totalling £135m during 2023, up 6% since...

Nearly 4m workers unsure when to buy an insurance product

13% of working people in the UK – a total of 3,952,000 based on...

Royal London improves HNW underwriting

Royal London has introduced changes to its underwriting limits. The changes focus on improving the...

The Right Mortgage reveals lending and membership details for 2023

The Right Mortgage & Protection network has revealed that it completed £6 billion of total...

iPipeline reports record week for income protection applications

iPipeline experienced its highest week for new income protection applications in a decade for...

L&G reveals record retail protection claims payouts

Legal & General has revealed that it paid out an average of over £2.5...

Consumers outline expectations around critical illness cover upgrades

Recent research has found that two-thirds of consumers say that if a critical illness...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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London Credit revises website and product guides

Short-term lender London Credit has introduced changes to its website and product guides. The changes...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) hosts Peer Group event in Kent

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has kicked off 2025 with a successful Peer Group event,...

Standard Life Home Finance improves Horizon lifetime mortgage criteria

Standard Life Home Finance has made a series of changes to the criteria on...

Twenty7tec to address ‘burning issues’ in webinars

Twenty7tec has launched a new webinar series, bringing together industry figures to debate the...