Protection

Scottish Widows appoints protection director

Scottish Widows has appointed Jackie Leiper to the newly created role of protection director. She...

PPI remains most complained about product

Payment protection insurance (PPI) is the most complained about product, the Financial Conduct Authority...

Income, assets and membership up at Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly has reported growth during 2016, with income, assets and membership all increasing. Premium income rose...

HL Partnership adopts SolutionBuilder

HL Partnership has adopted iPipeline's research, quote and apply solution, SolutionBuilder. SolutionBuilder allows advisers to compare...

Lack of SME awareness about business protection

53% of UK SMEs would close within a year if a key employee died or...

L&G protection payments up £64m

Legal & General paid out £606m to policyholders for critical illness, life, terminal illness and income...

Minority in the dark about bereavement or critical illness

One in five people don’t know where they would turn in the event of...

Surge in self-employed workers

The number of self-employed workers in the UK has increased from 3.8 million to...

Military intermediary LifeQuote platform

Specialist armed forces intermediary, Insignia Underwriting, has launched a bespoke online protection portal for...

L&G upgrades OLPC

Legal & General has made upgrades to its intermediary case management system Online Protection Connect...

LifeQuote unveils new case tracking system

LifeQuote has launched a new case tracking system, offering real time updates on all cases.  Advisers...

Network to provide “game changing” new protection service

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has partnered with Synaptic Software and Covéa Life...

15% increase in Aegon UK life payments

Aegon UK paid out 98% of all life claims in 2016 to 663 families and...

Openwork to host UK roadshows

Openwork is to hold a series of UK-wide roadshows aimed at mortgage, protection and general insurance...
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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...

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CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand...
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Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the...
Second Charge

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...
Buy-to-let

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

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