Protection

12m Britons without a financial back-up plan

60% of the adult population say they do not have any financial protection in...

L&G adopts Vizolution screen sharing technology

L&G is now using Vizolution’s vScreen screen sharing solution as an integral element in...

Scottish Provident adds critical illness adviser microsite

Scottish Provident has introduced a new website for advisers with a  toolkit for use...

Zurich pays out 94% of CI claims

Zurich increased the percentage of critical illness claims paid out in the first half...

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident seek to speed up life claims process

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have introduced a fast-track system to reduce the...

Aegon improves protection proposition

Aegon UK has made a number of key changes to the underwriting requirements for...

Friends Life offers free fracture cover

Friends Life will now offer customers the option to benefit from free Fracture Cover...

Huge potential still from protection

Although the protection market is enjoying something of a purple patch at present –...

LV= launches relevant life cover business protection on LifeQuote

LV= has launched its new ‘Relevant Life Cover’ product on LifeQuote’s Business Protection area. Small...

Exeter Family Friendly launches adviser IP marketing tool

Exeter Family Friendly has launched a marketing toolkit to help advisers grow their sales...

IP better than STIP for advisers: Defaqto

Although growth in the number of Short Term Income Protection (STIP) policies available has...

Ageas Protect makes major underwriting hire

John Downes is to join Ageas Protect in October. Downes (pictured) will be responsible...

Majority of CI policies now offer severity-based cover

Defaqto has revealed that nearly 60% of critical illness policies now offer severity-based cover....

Protection market buoyed by mortgage lending

LifeQuote has reported that sales of protection insurance have reached a nine-month high. The...

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Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but recent trends and upcoming policy changes are reshaping the landscape. For...

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,...

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Mortgage affordability continues to weaken

January saw a weakening in mortgage affordability weakened for the second month in a...

FCA to investigate effectiveness of pure protection market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is undertaking a market study to look into how...

New Skipton cashback mortgage to help those who miss stamp duty deadline

To support those who don’t manage to complete their house purchase before the stamp...

MT Finance ups maximum LTV on HMO product

MT Finance has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 80% on its buy-to-let small...