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CIExpert receives key industry backing for Individual Protection campaign

CIExpert's recently-launched 'Single is Best' campaign has received support from LifeSearch and Reassured. The campaign...

Scottish Widows offers new income protection deal via The Exchange

Iress has added Scottish Widows’ new Income Protection (IP) product to The Exchange, its...

Paymentshield revamps sales leadership team

General insurance provider Paymentshield has promoted two member of staff to key sales leadership...

AMI unveils four-point protection action plan

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched Making Protection Personal, its fifth Protection...

National Friendly drastically reduces income protection application times

National Friendly has reduced and simplified the questions on its Income Protection (IP) applications....

Zurich supports the Exchange’s new ex-smoker questions

Zurich is the third provider to support Iress' new ex-smoker questions on The Exchange...

AMI: Consumer Duty has increased adviser engagement with protection

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has released preliminary findings from its latest study...

Zurich introduces group critical illness offering

Zurich has launched a new proposition, Group Critical Illness, which completes a full suite...

Non-salaried workers much less likely to be financially protected

There is an impending “life insurance equality gap”, as non-salaried workers, including freelancers, self-employed...

Towergate recruits new head of consulting services

Towergate Employee Benefits has announced the appointment of Mark Pugh in the new role...

National Friendly added to Right DA Club panel

The Right DA Club has added protection and private medical insurance (PMI) provider, National...

New identity for Towergate Health & Protection

Towergate Health & Protection has become Towergate Employee Benefits. This follows the recent acquisition...

Berkeley Alexander expands household panel

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has announced that Integra Insurance Solutions and Ark have...

Benefiz becomes part of Towergate Health & Protection

Towergate Health & Protection is broadening its employee benefits business with the acquisition of...

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You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

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Industry titans weigh in behind charity concert

Two of the mortgage industry’s biggest names have thrown their weight behind Take Me...

Project 28 launches in a bid to slash time it takes to sell homes

A coalition of 23 of the UK’s leading property organisations has unveiled a sweeping...

Rotherham mortgage boss crowned Lord of the Manor

Scott Thorpe, founder and chief executive of TMG Mortgage Network, has been formally recognised...

Midlands and northern England dominate buy-to-let purchases as landlords seek value

Buy-to-let lending in the Midlands and the north of England accounted for nearly half...