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22% AR growth for Stonebridge

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has reported growth in its business during 2014....

Uinsure joins The Right Mortgage Network panel

General insurance provider Uinsure has joined The Right Mortgage and Protection Network’s GI panel...

The Source relaunches with Personal Touch GI panel

Source Insurance has relaunched its relationship with Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS). All Source products...

Aviva wants reform to deafness claims procedure

Aviva has claimed that 85% of claims for industrial deafness fail to demonstrate any...

Berkeley Alexander unveils free remote training

Berkeley Alexander has introduced a new remote training facility for mortgage brokers and IFAs....

New build, new premium?

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported robust growth in...

Source Insurance also to ‘wear it, beat it’

General Insurance platform Source Insurance has become the latest financial services firm to support...

New appointment to PFS board

The Personal Finance Society has announced the appointment of Gary Shaughnessy to its board. He...

Beware neighbours’ renovations!

Around 3.7 million people have suffered property damage as a result of neighbours making...

Vitality announces rugby partnership

Vitality has been announced as the Official Wellness Partner of England Rugby, Scottish Rugby...

Pink makes income protection pledge

Every adviser in Pink's network is to now discuss income protection with their clients from...

Cirencester Friendly paid out 94% of claims last year

Income protection business Cirencester Friendly paid 94% of claims in 2014, totalling £3.3m in...

Uinsure retains Defaqto 5-star rating

General insurance provider Uinsure has been awarded a Defaqto 5-star rating for the second...

Millions of mortgage-holders financially vulnerable

52% of UK mortgage holders (equating to 5.2m people) who earn an income don’t...

COMMENT

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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