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FCA publishes IDD implementation consultation paper

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the first of its two consultation papers...

L&G appoints group strategy and M&A director

Legal & General Group has announced the appointment of Paul Miller as group strategy...

FCA sets PPI complaint deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set a deadline for making new payment protection insurance...

Paymentshield shakes up sales structure

Paymentshield is restructuring its intermediary sales team. It has assigned dedicated telephone business development managers (TBDMs) to each...

Personal Touch launches Business Development Suite

Personal Touch has unveiled a new system designed to help its members boost productivity...

Norwich intermediary expands into the capital

Norwich based mortgage intermediary NM Finance has expanded its team and opened a new office in...

More Than Landlord Insurance offer renewal guarantee

More Than Landlord Insurance has issued a guarantee that landlords will pay the same...

Paymentshield offers mortgage broker introducer facility

Paymentshield has unveiled an introducer scheme for mortgage advisers. The initiative aims to offer advisers the means...

The Source joins up with Adviser Portals

Source Insurance has partnered with specialist broker website provider, AdviserPortals, to create a joint...

Openwork improves protection information reporting

Openwork has introduced Personalised Risk Reports that help advisers emphasise the importance of protection...

Home insurance costs set to rise

Insurance market research firm Consumer Intelligence has stated that insurance premium tax rises are...

Scottish Widows adapts critical illness policy wording

Scottish Widows has updated the critical illness definitions for Scottish Widows Protect, its intermediary...

GI firm to provide £12.5m redress

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has agreed a redress arrangement with Express Gifts Ltd,...

ABI wants income protection ‘win-win’

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called on the government to introduce a...
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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...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

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