Appointments

Zurich hires head of retail for its UK life business

Zurich has appointed David White as head of retail, UK Life with effect from...

Crown Mortgage Management appoints BDM

Crown Mortgage Management has appointed Sarah Green as business development manager (BDM). Green joins Crown...

Ageas makes senior management changes

Ageas has made a number of promotions within its senior management team. Barry Smith...

Sesame Bankhall Group appoints distribution director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has hired Stephen Gazard as its distribution director. Gazard will...

MGM Advantage hires IT & change director

MGM Advantage has created a new role of IT & change director and appointed...

Metro Bank appoints chairman

Vernon Hill has been appointed as chairman of Metro Bank. Hill was founder and...

PTFS pair join First Complete

First Complete has hired two new senior members of staff. Martin Igoe joins the First...

Hastings hires marketing director

Insurance brokerage Hastings has appointed Nicola Charles as its new marketing director. Charles...

CDS Group appoints BDM

Barbara Carr has been appointed as business development manager (BDM) by CDS Group. She will...

Oakwood appoints technical services director

Oakwood Global Finance has appointed Steve Whitehouse as director of technical services. His role is...

West One Loans appoints non-executive director

Paul Huberman has joined West One Loans as a non-executive director. His role will...

Brightstar makes commercial appointment

Brightstar Financial has appointed Robert Collins to its commercial and bridging division. Collins has...

Precise appoints London BDM

Vicki Kingston has joined Precise Mortgages as a business development manager for central London. ...

Royal London appoints group finance & strategy director

Mutual life and pensions firm Royal London has appointed Kerr Luscombe to the role...

COMMENT

Lenders that adapt to customer and broker needs will be the winners

For UK mortgage brokers, the choice of lender partner has never been more important. In a market shaped by fluctuating rates, evolving regulation and increasing...

First-time landlords and first-time buyers are still entering the market

Despite the upheaval, new entrants have not vanished. First-time landlords are still active and, according to Hamptons, millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) are...

36 more pay cheques before you’re made redundant

Imagine getting that email in your inbox first thing this morning! I tell you what: for the sake of another thought-provoking, rib-jabbing article, let's pretend...

What could shape buy-to-let in 2026 and the impact for advisers

As we move slowly into 2026, the buy-to-let market feels more settled than it has for some time. That does not mean it is...

If pets are protected, why not families?

I’ve heard many advisers say that protection insurance has ‘gone to the dogs’, but it appears that this viewpoint is literal as opposed to...

Latest news

Younger PMI policyholders turn to mental health support

New research from Howden Life & Health shows diagnostic tests and scans are the...

Roma Finance launches landlord refurb buy-to-let deal

Roma Finance has launched a refurb buy-to-let product designed to support landlords and property...

The Vernon targets professional borrowers with new mortgage range

Vernon Building Society has launched a new mortgage range aimed at professional borrowers whose...

Royal London launches IHT hub

Royal London has launched an Inheritance Tax (IHT) hub to support advisers through client...

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