Individual Protection

Paradigm Protect has partnered with insurance solution specialists, First2Protect, for both household and buy-to-let general insurance (GI) business referrals. From today, Paradigm member firms will be able to refer clients to First2Protect...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts reached £53m in December 2024, according to data from HM Revenue & Customs. The data reveals this brings the Q3 (October-December 2024) total for the 2024/25 financial...

Insurers already struggle to demonstrate their products offer fair value, so why should advisers have to repeat this work? This is the question posed by compliance consultant, Branko Bjelobaba (pictured), who spoke...

Pivotal Growth has acquired London-based residential mortgage and protection broker Radcliffe & Newlands Mortgages for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2006 and led by managing director Jason Ransted, Radcliffe & Newlands Mortgages,...

Cirencester Friendly has gone live with Medi2data, a service that allows medical records to be obtained for underwriting and claims purposes. The mutual said the partnership would streamline existing processes, allowing it...

Scottish Widows has promoted Catherine Trimble to head of intermediary distribution within its protection business. Previously intermediary distribution manager, Trimble (pictured) has worked in the distribution team since 2021, contributing to growth...

While a third of UK adults have experienced a serious accident in the last three years, younger people in particular lack the necessary cover to manage these unexpected disruptions to their lives....

HomeOwners Alliance has reached a referrals agreement with LifeSearch which will see the property advice site act as an appointed introducer representative for the protection advice firm. LifeSearch said the partnership with...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 has launched and is now open for adviser entries. Health & Protection would also like to thank all those who are sponsoring the awards. Advisers...

Punter Southall, the insurance and pensions business, may be facing a multi-million pound expense, following a court judgement over the dismissal of Daniel Pender as CEO of the Gryphon Group protection insurance...