The Cornerstone Finance Podcast explores the biggest opportunities in today’s mortgage market and discusses how advisers can lead the way.

With millions of fixed-rate deals due to expire and demand from first-time buyers on the rise, 2025 and 2026 will shape the future of advice-led firms. In our latest episodes, we uncover how top performers are turning shifting market conditions into long-term success – from client retention and relationship-led growth to intergenerational lending and equity release.

Listen now to hear what leading brokers, lenders and advisers are doing to stay ahead and how you can apply it to your business.

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Personal Protection in Mortgage Advice

Protection insurance – life cover, critical illness, and income protection – remains a cornerstone of financial wellbeing, yet too often it is overlooked or treated as a tick-box exercise. In this episode, we explore how mortgage advisers can confidently integrate protection into their advice, ensuring clients and their families have long-term security.

 

What’s covered in this episode:

With guests:

  • Rob Jackson – Mortgage & Protection adviser at Trust Mortgage
  • Steve Evans – Protection Business Development Manager at Scottish Widows Protection
  • Phil Emanuel – Director of Network Growth at The Cornerstone Network
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  • Why protection is about more than just covering the mortgage
  • The role of income protection and critical illness in securing lifestyles
  • How consumer duty is reshaping adviser responsibilities
  • Practical ways to frame the protection conversation with clients
  • Training, support, and long-term strategies for building trust and resilience

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