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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...

Major repercussions from late payment proposals

Proposals from the government to penalise insurers who do not pay claims promptly and...

Don’t ignore SME clients

There are some 5.2 million small businesses in the UK according to the Federation...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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Equity Release Council hires Tracy Gorbutt-Powell for risk and policy role

The Equity Release Council has appointed Tracy Gorbutt-Powell as head of risk, policy and...

Together appoints Legal and General Surveying Services as valuation partner

Specialist lender Together has appointed Legal and General Surveying Services as a key valuation...

1.3 million households facing mortgage cost shock

Around 1.3 million additional UK households are now exposed to higher mortgage costs following...

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

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