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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GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

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North–South divide widens in UK’s most affordable towns

New research from Zoopla shows a deepening divide in housing affordability with the most...

Budget uncertainty stalls plans for almost a fifth of home-movers

Speculation over property tax reforms in the upcoming Autumn Budget is prompting thousands of...

Phoebus gains SBTi validation as it accelerates net zero strategy

Mortgage servicing software firm Phoebus has had its emissions reduction plans formally validated by...

Gold collection enables rapid £150k loan for business owner

A marketing entrepreneur has secured a four-month £150,000 loan against his gold collection after...

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