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The Exeter acquires Engage Mutual Health

Protection insurer The Exeter has completed its acquisition of the cash plan provider Engage...

Home insurance costs continue to fall

The cost of home insurance has fallen compared to a year ago, with an...

SunLife improves heart attack definition

SunLife has made changes to its critical illness definitions. It says the move will make...

Legal & General Network rebrands

Legal & General Network will now be known as Legal & General Housing Partnerships....

Optimal launches group life product

Optimal has launched a new group life policy for small businesses, called Simple Group...

SunLife moves into home insurance

SunLife has launched its first ever home insurance product. The firm claims its home...

The AA: home insurance premiums have fallen too far

Premiums for home insurance are still falling despite industry concern that claims costs will...

Webline adds My Earnings Insurance

My Earnings Insurance, Cirencester Friendly’s income protection contract, has been added to protection and...

PTFS partners with iPipeline

Personal Touch Financial Services has announced a new partnership with technology supplier iPipeline to integrate the SolutionBuilder protection...

Make sure you’re not neglecting protection

There is continued political focus on the level of house prices rising across the...

The Source raises £7,500 for charity

General insurance firm Source Insurance recently celebrated raising £7,500 for charity by holding several...

PPI calls are top money nuisance for Brits

Nuisance mis-sold PPI calls top the list of the country's biggest money-related gripes, according...

Optimal appoints BDM for the south

Optimal Protection has appointed Iain Watts as business development manager (BDM) to cover the...

Virgin Money pledges transparent home insurance offering

Virgin Money has launched a new range of home insurance policies. It says it guarantees...

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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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