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VitalityHealth unveils new GP access service

VitalityHealth has introduced a new Vitality GP service, meaning it is now offering and...

Seven new appointments at the Exeter

The Exeter has announced seven new appointments as part of a national expansion to...

Royal London makes protection leadership team appointments

Royal London has appointed Toby Bainbridge to the position of head of protection solutions. He...

Healthy behaviour should inform premium calculations

53% of consumers want insurers to take their healthy behaviour such as diet or...

Don’t be apathetic about protection

The ‘protection gap’ is often mentioned but, as time passes, there seems little progress...

Prudential Financial Planning to provide protection advice for the Cambridge

Prudential Financial Planning has started offering financial advice to members of the Cambridge Building...

60 adviser firms add online protection comparison service

60 intermediary businesses have now added a LifeQuote-powered protection comparison service to their website, allowing clients...

West Brom agrees administration deal with Hood Group

Hood Group has been appointed by the West Brom to provide third party administration...

Paymentshield maintains Defaqto 5-star rating

Paymentshield has secured a five-star rating from Defaqto for the sixth year running. Defaqto, the...

Uinsure maintains five star rating

General insurance provider Uinsure has been awarded a Defaqto 5-Star Rating for the fifth...

Exeter’s Impaired Lives proposition available to Paradigm Protect

Paradigm Protect now has access to the Exeter’s new Impaired Lives proposition. An impaired life...

Another strong year for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has reported a rise in business volumes in its core mortgage, life/protection and...

The Right Mortgage selects protection case management service

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has introduced LifeQuote’s outsourced protection case management service...

Royal London unveils enhanced children’s CIC

Royal London has introduced flexible options and enhancements to its critical illness cover (CIC)....

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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