Today Legal & General become the latest insurer to launch dedicated tools to help advisers looking to offer Income Protection products to renters. They have launched an adviser toolkit as part of the rental protection area in their website at https://www.legalandgeneral.com/adviser/protection/rental-protection/adviser-toolkit/ This follows on from the launch of the company’s Rental Protection Plan last year. [...]

Aegon UK has launched Unipass Mailock, a secure email communication system provided by Origo and Beyond Encryption. Unipass Mailock will add to Aegon’s data controls to prevent sensitive information being issued and secure data that might be at risk of cyber-crime. The Unipass Mailock system uses advanced encryption to make sure both the sender [...]

Welcome to this week's Protection Update. Please take the time to read through the update as there may be some information that is important to you. Included in this week's update: Scottish Widows cover Covid-19, financial and mortgage resilience and why it's important to have a 'Plan-B'; Paymentshield provide an opinion piece from Emma [...]

The loosening of lockdown restrictions means additional cyber security concerns for businesses when arranging their homeworkers’ return to the workplace. Whether in relation to company devices that have been off the network for some time (so may not have the most up to date security patches applied); personal devices; unapproved personal applications on work [...]

77% of our claims paid in 2019, may not pay out on a Critical Illness Contract Now more than ever, the ‘protection’ conversation is essential and good financial advice is key. When educating your clients about the best protection options for them, why not try the ABI’s protection calculator, Percy. This great tool will help [...]

We took the opportunity to chat to Emma Green, Head of Sales at Paymentshield about their latest developments to support mortgage advisers during these uncertain times. It’s been 3 months since the start of lockdown what are the things that have impacted on Paymentshield and the home insurance market? Well, three impacts from lockdown [...]

When you consider recent mortgage welfare safety-net reform, Johnny Timpson’s latest blog looks at why mortgage holders are in need of a protection ‘Plan B’ now more than ever. Find out more