Protection

Connect for Intermediaries, the financial adviser network, has added Umbrella Protect to its protection panel. Umbrella Protect will provide protection advice to all clients referred by Connect advisers and its network members....

Households borrowed an additional £4.3bn secured on their homes in October, following borrowing of £4.9bn in September, official figures show. The Bank of England (BoE) figures follow high levels of mortgage approvals...

Specialist protection provider Shepherds Friendly has unveiled a new brand identity and website. A spokesman for the friendly society said its look and new website have been designed with simplicity at the...

SmartCompare, the new product comparison service from LifeQuote, is now available to Quilter advisers linked to their insurer panel. The new tool allows the comparison of insurer product features, either as a standalone...

The number of jobs in London being posted on job site Indeed this year has fallen by 50%, compared with 42% across the UK as a whole. Madrid suffered the second largest...

Zurich Australia has announced a new ‘Family Care Policy’ that it says recognises ‘all family circumstances and supports a fair, diverse and inclusive workplace’. A spokesman for the organisation said that it...

HSBC global chief executive Charlie Nunn is to replace António Horta-Osório as group chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group. The appointment follows news that Horta-Osório is to step down after 10 years...

A third of professionals (33%) expect businesses to prioritise health over lifestyle employee benefits as a “direct” consequence of COVID-19, according to new research. The study, carried out for MAXIS Global Benefits...

Sickness absence levels in Northern Ireland councils are the highest in the UK, official figures show. Auditors have collected statistics which reveal that workers in the country took an average of almost...

One third of employers do not have financial support in place for employees on long-term sick leave, research shows. A study carried out for trade body Group Risk Development (GRiD) found that...