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Thameside Associates wins top L&G award

Stonebridge Group has announced that one of its appointed representative (AR) firms, Thameside Associates,...

Raising a child dearer than buying a home

Raising a child from birth to the age of 21 now totals £231,843, making it...

Holloway Friendly increases IP claims paid

Holloway Friendly paid 96.9% of all income protection claims last year, a rise of...

Paymentshield expands home insurance panel

Paymentshield has appointed ABC Insurance, part of LV= Broker, to its home insurance panel. Launched in 2007,...

Over 50s sceptical about home insurance providers

24% of those aged over 50 say they do not trust home insurance providers...

Paradigm to hold further MCD events

Paradigm Mortgage Services has outlined details of a new round of mortgage and protection events...

The Source introduces landlord GI incentive

Source Insurance is offering a commission incentive on all landlord GI new business that...

Society of Mortgage Professionals outlines roadshow agenda

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed a 10-event roadshow schedule for 2016. The first series...

L&G CFO announces retirement plans

Mark Gregory, Legal & General group chief financial officer, has informed the board of...

LV= broker improves ABC home cover

LV= Broker is improving its ABC Home buildings and contents product. Under its ABC contents product,...

Uinsure retains Defaqto 5 Star Rating

General insurance provider Uinsure has been awarded a Defaqto 5 Star Rating. It is the...

£15.5m in fines imposed by FCA over integrity failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined five individuals and two firms a total...

New landlords’ lost keys insurance deal unveiled

Keycare has launched a new intermediary-only, landlords’ insurance product for lost keys, to be...

Homeowners’ top DIY bodges revealed

An Aviva study of around 1,000 recent home-movers found that people spent on average...

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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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