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Lack of safety net for four million renters

38% of private renters say that they would not be financially secure if their...

First Complete & Pink add mid/high net worth GI offering to panel

First Complete and Pink have revealed that Confidas, a provider of mid net worth...

Cirencester Friendly paid 94.7% of claims last year

Cirencester Friendly paid 94.7% of claims submitted in 2017, totaling £4.4m in sick pay...

Sesame adds Uinsure to GI panel

Sesame Network has expanded its general insurance (GI) offering for member firms with the...

Paradigm lender and provider award winners announced

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect have announced the winners of their annual Lender and...

Select & Protect offers ‘year one’ introducer commission deal

General insurance provider Select & Protect is offering mortgage brokers 25% year one commission...

Cirencester Friendly hires new key account manager

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Paul Shepherd to the newly created role of key account...

Co-op Insurance apprenticeship scheme boosts growth strategy

Co-op Insurance has taken on 25 new apprentices, including students from the Co-op Academies...

Royal London partners with Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks

Royal London has been appointed by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks as its new partner...

iPipeline reveals TCP LifeSystems acquisition

iPipeline has announced the acquisition of TCP LifeSystems, a software solutions provider to life...

SMEs failing to insure key people

Just 26% of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have insurance covering key people in...

Smart security homeowners get home insurance discount

Cocoon has announced a deal with PolicyCastle, the digital home insurance platform, giving people...

Gig economy workers need more protection options

So-called 'gig' economy workers juggle as many as two or more ‘gig’ jobs at...

Diverse Mortgage and Protection adopts Mortgage Brain

Diverse Mortgage and Protection has selected Mortgage Brain as its preferred partner for the...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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Countrywide Surveying Services launches virtual valuation platform

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has introduced a new virtual inspection system designed to speed...

PM Law Group collapse: essential information for buyers and sellers

Following the sudden collapse of PM Law Group, the Home Buying & Selling Council...

Conveyancing sector moves into gear following PM Law Group collapse

The abrupt closure of PM Law Group has left thousands of property transactions in...

Santander UK names new head of mortgage trading

Santander UK has appointed Ben Merritt as head of mortgage trading. Merritt (pictured) will report...

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