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Regulator is consulting on its 'mission'

IRESS has boosted its XPLAN Mortgage system with the addition of a 'Protection Sourcing' module as the technology provider looks to streamline further the end-to-end mortgage sales process for advisers and their clients.

One-fifth (20%) of UK managers with a team member who has, or has had, cancer do not know how to discuss that or any other serious illness with employees, according to research by AXA PPP healthcare.

Almost three-quarters (72%) of advisers believe there is a growing threat people will not have enough life insurance and critical illness cover as fewer intermediaries are selling it, research suggests.

Old Mutual Wealth is building a 12-strong protection distribution team who will support advisers as the company continues to build out its protection business, COVER can exclusively reveal.

Royal London's Helping Hand service has been enhanced by adding five practical services, available through a RedArc personal nurse adviser.

Direct Life, which owns LifeQuote, is being purchased from Cardif Pinnacle Insurance Holdings Ltd, by its managing director Rob Quayle and sales and marketing director Neil McCarthy.

A fifth (20%) of UK workers 'have no idea' how they would cope financially if ill health forced them to stop working for six months or more, according to research from Drewberry Insurance.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on new guidance on the treatment of customers with mortgage payment shortfalls (commonly referred to as arrears).

It costs SMEs nearly £30,000, on average, to replace an employee according to research from AXA PPP healthcare.