Abbey for Intermediaries (AfI) has launched a new broker sales category called Associate Accounts.

Akin to the already operational Key Accounts division, the Associate Accounts will initially consist of 10 mortgage brokers who will be invited to establish a commercial arrangement with AfI, from which they will receive a dedicated management and a closer working relationship with the lender.

Adrian Whittaker, key accounts director at Abbey for Intermediaries, said: “The goal of establishing this new division is to strengthen our ties with the broker community and offer more commercial opportunities to those intermediaries who are not associated with a key account and yet have a strong and ongoing relationship with us.