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When retirement dreams are shattered by Alzheimer’s

Your client has counted down the years to retirement, paid off their mortgage and...

Sports personalities back L&G mental health campaign

Gabby Logan and Robbie Savage, have become the latest celebrities to support and feature...

FSE 2017: TMA unveils BTL insurance provision

TMA launched a buy-to-let insurance provision at the Financial Services Expo yesterday. This follows...

L&G attains CII accreditation for GI masterclasses

Legal & General has secured accreditation from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) for its...

SMP unveils autumn roadshow programme

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has published the dates and venues for its...

L&G to provide business protection to advisers

Legal & General has agreed a deal to help advisers to review corporate documents...

FCA closes Police Mutual investigation

On 3 March 2016 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced investigations into six firms...

L&G adds new category for Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has revealed details for its seventh annual Business Quality Awards (BQAs). Launched...

The Right PMI improves sourcing system

The Right PMI has announced a number of new developments to its PMI sourcing...

Self-employed at risk due to lack of protection

Almost two million self-employed people in the UK are unable to save any money each...

Arnie to star in PPI deadline campaign

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger is featuring in a new...

Millions have had finances damaged by poor health

Aviva has reported that 31% of UK adults have experienced temporary or permanent leave...

Paymentshield goes paperless

Paymentshield has announced that customers will now receive their home insurance policy documents online. New...

68% underestimate real cost of elderly care

Consumers estimate the average cost of residential elderly care for one person to be...

COMMENT

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

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Legal Services Board joins government AI growth initiative

The Legal Services Board is joining the government’s new AI Growth Lab, a scheme...

Cleerly adopts Acre CRM as conversion rates climb

Specialist mortgage broker Cleerly Mortgages has implemented Acre’s CRM platform after a review of...

First-time buyers face rising stamp duty costs as more homes breach £300k

First-time buyers are increasingly being drawn into paying stamp duty as rising purchase prices...

Word On The Street recruits mortgage operations manager

Specialist mortgage broker Word On The Street has appointed Samuel Bryce as mortgage operations...

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