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General & Medical added to The Right PMI panel

The Right PMI & Healthcare, the specialist PMI division of The Right Mortgage &...

iPipeline sees 31% rise in new business protection applications

iPipeline has reported a 31% increase in the number of completed new business protection...

Co-op Insurance appoints new chair

Peter Hubbard has been appointed as chair of the board of Co-op Insurance. His has...

FCA outlines Ageing Population Project findings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an Occasional Paper outlining the findings from...

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...

COMMENT

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

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...

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Atom bank issues 36% of near-prime mortgage offers on same day

Atom bank delivered 36% of its near-prime mortgage offers on the day of application...

Cambridge BS backs regional drive to tackle housing inequality

Cambridge Building Society is supporting a programme intended to bring businesses, philanthropists and civic...

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by up to 40 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its high loan-to-value and New Build Boost mortgage...

Gable Group targets £250m of high-LTV mortgage lending

Gable Group has secured a long-term funding line from an unnamed European bank to...

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