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New residential property head for Select & Protect

Select & Protect's parent company Hood Group has appointed Sarah Smith to the newly...

Flood Re – good, bad or ugly?

First announced in June 2013 and originally planned for last summer but delayed again...

TenetSelect offers PII renewal advice

TenetSelect is warning adviser firms not to leave their Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) preparation...

Rogue claims management firms targeted

A pair of claims firms suspected of making thousands of nuisance calls and ripping...

Income, assets & membership rise at Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly has reported continued growth during 2015, with income, assets and membership all increasing. Premium...

Scottish Widows reveals 2015 protection payments

Scottish Widows has revealed that it paid out over £219 million in life and critical...

FSE Manchester reveals seminar schedule

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has published details of its seminar programmes for the event...

Scottish Widows highlights seriousness of strokes

Scottish Widows has warned that just 39% of Brits feel that protecting their families in the event...

Research highlights UK’s financial resilience gap

44% of the UK population say that their savings would last just a couple...

VitalityLife hires new national accounts director

VitalityLife has appointed Dave Ewens as national accounts director. He has responsibility for managing...

Paradigm launches group risk panel

Paradigm Protect has launched a Group Risk panel for the benefit of its member...

VitalityLife moves to finger-prick testing

VitalityLife is by introducing finger-prick testing to the UK life insurance market. This means that...

Mike Rogers to stand down as LV= chief exec

Mike Rogers has told the board of LV= that he intends to step down as...

Conveyancing Association partners with DUAL

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced a new partnership with DUAL Asset Underwriting, launching an...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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