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Nigel Payne to lead TFC Homeloans

Industry veteran Nigel Payne has joined specialist distributor TFC Homeloans as its managing director. In...

Paradigm announces lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the first 2015 quarterly winners of its lender and provider awards. The...

Beating the bull … subject to regulatory approval of course

The insurance industry is renowned for its use of jargon. Despite great efforts made...

SME insurance broker fined by regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Moorhouse Group £159,300 for failures in relation...

Exeter Family Friendly paid 94% of IP claims

Mutual income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has revealed that 94% of all claims...

Why the network model is not dead

Perhaps understandably there has been a lot of focus (once again) on the future...

Paradigm on the road to Yorkshire

In April, Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, will be attending and hosting...

Former insurance broker banned for forgery

The Upper Tribunal has directed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to prohibit former insurance...

Stonebridge sees year-on-year completion rise

Stonebridge Group has reported a year-on-year increase in mortgage completion cases for the first...

Citizens Advice calls for end to “PPI scandal”

Citizens Advice has called on the banking industry to end the PPI scandal once...

New breast cancer only CI policy launched

Holloway Friendly has joined forces with financial services software company IfApps to launch a breast cancer...

My Earnings Insurance added to Personal Touch panel

Cirencester Friendly’s income protection product, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to the Personal...

Clydesdale Bank hit with £20m PPI fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed its largest ever fine for failings relating...

Why should the insurance industry care about the Consumer Rights Act?

The Consumer Rights Act merges all existing UK consumer protection laws and regulations and...

COMMENT

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

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...

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CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand...

Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the...

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

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