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FCA: no enforcement action against Scottish Widows

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced investigations into six firms as a result of...

Paymentshield extends new build quote validity period

Paymentshield has extended the validity period for home insurance quotes on new build properties...

Paymentshield unveils Fantasy Football

Paymentshield has launched a Fantasy Football competition for mortgage brokers, to run alongside the...

Paymentshield hires proposition director

Paymentshield has appointed James Loder as proposition director. Loder (pictured) will oversee the development of...

600 advisers sign up to PMS and Sesame’s protection campaign charter

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network has begun its new protection initiative, with the...

Royal London reveals 2017 protection claim statistics

Royal London has reported that it paid out over £517m in protection claims last...

Mobile insurance more popular than critical illness cover

Scottish Widows has found that despite 21% of people admitting their household wouldn’t survive...

Right Mortgage and Protection Network partners with Canada Life

Canada Life Individual Protection is now available to members of the Right Mortgage &...

Scottish Widows publishes 2017 protection claims statistics

Scottish Widows paid out 98.99% of life claims and 93.06% of critical illness claims...

Paradigm Protect partners with Canada Life

Paradigm Protect has launched a new relationship with retirement, investment and protection provider, Canada...

The Exeter to provide IP for Type 2 Diabetes

The Exeter has changed its underwriting approach to offer income protection (IP) cover to...

L&G introduces mental health awards

Legal & General has launched its Not A Red Card Awards to celebrate what...

Paradigm partners with Source Insurance

Paradigm Protect has announced a new relationship with online general insurance (GI) provider, Source Insurance. Source...

PMS and Sesame launch protection gap campaign

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network are launching a campaign designed to help reduce the...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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