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Optimal expands team

Optimal, the business protection and employee based solutions provider set up by Holloway Friendly, is...

New AR firm for Stonebridge

Access Mortgages (Scotland) Ltd is joining Stonebridge Group as an appointed representative (AR). The Glasgow-based firm was...

Paymentshield expands business development team

Paymentshield is adding 25 new positions across its business development team. The expansion is to...

Networks can offer the best of both worlds

The network model, and the various variations of it, is constantly in the spotlight...

Over-50s life market needs attention from “united industry”

28% of UK adults who purchase over-50s life insurance cancel their policy, according to new...

Valuables being overlooked in London’s sheds

Over 1,500 London gardens, sheds and garages were burgled in 2014, according to a...

TMA to hold DA conference series

TMA is to hold conferences for directly authorised advisers in five different locations around the...

Stonebridge Group secures investment from Shepherd Direct

Stonebridge Group has announced that Shepherd Direct, the national property services group, has acquired...

L&G broadens distribution with Intrinsic network

Legal & General has extended its partnership with the Intrinsic Financial Adviser Network, allowing...

Massive misconception over life cover costs

Research by insurance provider SunLife has found that people on average overestimate the cost...

Front Events to hold networking race day

Front Events, the events company responsible for the Financial Services Expo (FSE), has announced...

FTBs ignorant about home insurance requirements

47% of first time buyers don’t budget for home insurance when stepping onto the...

Advisers forecast protection sales boost

72% of mortgage protection advisers believe there will be an increase in protection sales...

LV= Broker adopts Vizolution technology

LV= is to use Vizolution’s vChat, a web chat capability for LV= employees speaking...

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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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