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Professional advice key driver in taking out business protection

84% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have taken out a...

Protection could suffer with rising mortgage activity

An industry panel at today's FSE London have argued that protection sales and penetration...

L&G unveils online broker group protection platform

Legal & General has launched a new digital broker platform that delivers greater efficiency...

PRIMIS adds Uinsure to its GI panel

PRIMIS has added general insurance provider Uinsure to its GI panel. The Uinsure 5 Star...

Consumer Panel wants better protection products

Protection products are too complicated and no longer meet the needs of a modern...

LV= unveils lost policy campaign

LV= has today launched a campaign to reconnect with people who had its policies...

Cirencester Friendly ups new business commission rates

Cirencester Friendly has announced that new business introductory commission rates in respect of its...

Guardian Financial Services launches on iPipeline and IRESS

Guardian Financial Services' protection offer is now available on iPipeline and IRESS, with Synaptic Webline...

TMA Club to offer critical illness software via CIExpert

TMA Club has entered into an agreement with CIExpert, a firm which analyses critical illness...

Paymentshield unveils Defaqto Compare Tool

Paymentshield is offering access to the Defaqto Compare Tool, giving advisers the ability to...

New NED for HL Partnership

Mortgage and protection network, HL Partnership, has appointed Mike Hughes as non-executive director (NED). Hughes...

Operating profit down at LV=

LV= has announces its interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2018. Operating...

CMA issues Barclays with legal directions over PPI breach

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken action against Barclays after it failed,...

APRIL UK comes to PMI agreement with AXA PPP healthcare

APRIL UK has reached an agreement with AXA PPP healthcare to offer APRIL UK’s...

COMMENT

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

Buyers are already reacting to a Budget nobody has written

Andy Burnham ruled out changes to stamp duty on 27 July, a week into the job and days after reports that the government was...

The tech question is how, not if, we can use it

Recent adviser research from Nottingham Building Society underlines the appetite for greater use of technology across the mortgage process. The vast majority (89%) of...

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Latest news

Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club claims record month

Brilliant Solutions has reported its strongest month on record despite signs of slowing momentum...

Nationwide trims fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.19 points

Nationwide is cutting fixed mortgage rates for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers...

Walbrook launches mortgage adviser apprenticeship pathway

Walbrook Institute London has expanded its apprenticeship offering with a new Level 3 pathway...

Mortgage Advice Bureau combines new-build businesses under Meridian Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau has completed the integration of three specialist new-build mortgage businesses into...

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