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Zurich improves Critical Illness cover

Zurich has made enhancements to its Critical Illness (CI) product, with improvements for patients...

The Source provides clients with online document access

Source Insurance has committed to reducing its carbon footprint and announced that clients can...

Berkeley Alexander improves Quote & Buy system

Berkeley Alexander has implemented the next stage in the evolution of its online Household...

The Darlington supports baby hospice with life insurance promotion

The Darlington Building Society has launched a life insurance promotion which will provide support...

The Source restructures sales operation

Source Insurance has restructured its internal sales support team. It has also invested in technology...

700% rise in GI cases for S&P from Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services has seen a noticeable rise in the amount of general insurance...

Pink to hold protection masterclasses

Pink has begun a fortnight of protection 'masterclasses' for its ARs. The network...

Is apathy a broker’s greatest threat to business development?

Diversification has been something of a buzzword for mortgage brokers in recent times as...

Source Insurance introduces GI book purchase scheme

Source Insurance is soon to be celebrating 20 years in the general insurance industry...

Lloyds’ PPI “failure” compounds mistrust in banks

Citizens Advice has warned that consumers could be thousands of pounds out of pocket...

Ageas Protect appoints national sales and strategy manager

Ageas Protect has appointed Nick Erskine to the role of national sales and strategy...

Pair offering business protection to First Complete

PruProtect and Ageas have launched a business protection proposition for First Complete advisers to...

Complete FS offers new specialist buy-to-let insurance package

Complete FS has appointed Let Alliance to its panel of providers. Let Alliance, a specialist...

The shocking cost of insurance fraud

Mortgage fraud is a concept we are all well aware of. It has...

COMMENT

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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...

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Scotland attracts rising interest from GCC property buyers

Scotland is becoming an increasingly popular destination for Gulf buyers looking at UK property,...

Vida broadens mortgage range with new higher LTV tier and lower rates

Vida has expanded its mortgage range with rate cuts of up to 0.72%, alongside...

Paragon expands landlord offering with limited edition five-year fixes

Paragon Bank has launched a new range of limited edition five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages...

Zero-deposit mortgage sales reach five-year high as affordability pressures persist

The number of zero-deposit mortgage sales reached 574 in the first three quarters of...

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