Protection

Two-thirds exposed to unplanned financial shocks

32% of adults in the UK have experienced a serious financial shock in the past...

ABI seeks to reassure over personal data

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a new consumer guide on ‘How...

Research reveals protection benefit winners

Employees in the professional services sector receive the highest life assurance and income protection...

L&G paid out all CCIC leukaemia claims last year

Legal & General paid out £422,500 in Children’s Critical Illness Cover (CCIC) claims for...

Key hire for the Right Mortgage & Protection Network

Jane Benjamin, former regional sales director at Pink Network, has joined The Right Mortgage...

New AR for Stonebridge Group

Darlington-based mortgage, protection and wealth advisers, i2i Financial Planning Group has become the latest major...

SMEs unaware of business protection options

Many decision-makers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are unsure how their businesses is...

ABI: 97.7% of all types of protection policy claims are paid

In 2014, £3.44bn was paid out by protection insurers to nearly 128,500 customers or...

Protect Line switches to TenetLime

TenetLime has added Protect Line to its membership. The Poole-based specialist insurance brokerage offers...

26% rise in business protection sales for VitalityLife

VitalityLife has reported a business protection sales increase of 26% in the year to June...

NAB ups estimates for Clydesdale redress

National Australia Bank (NAB) has readjusted the total amount it believes will be necessary...

L&G doubles its lifetime mortgage target

Legal & General has doubled its target for lifetime mortgages and now expect to...

LifeQuote launches premium and sum assured quotations

LifeQuote has launched a premium driven service to support the traditional sum assured approach,...

Review into financial advice access unveiled

A new review looking at how financial advice could work better for consumers has...

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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...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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Lloyds ad banned over misleading £19.5bn housing claim

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a Lloyds Banking Group advertisement overstated...

Reeves mulls Capital Gains Tax on high-value homes as Treasury seeks £40bn

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering ending the capital gains tax (CGT) exemption on high-value...

Landbay unveils new free valuation options and cuts rates on two-year fixes

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special range with the launch of four...

Commuter hotspots offer affordability lifeline as office returns pick up

With more employees heading back into the office commuting is once again shaping homebuying...