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Families remain in a financially precarious situation

35% of British families have no financial safety net to cope with a sudden...

Royal London brands to improve income protection propositions

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident are to launch enhanced income protection products by the...

Protection gender divide highlighted

Friends Life has revealed that women still have less protection than men, despite making...

British Friendly launches BFS protect on LifeQuote

Directlife has partnered with British Friendly to launch a new income protection policy, BFS...

Source improves sum insured accuracy

Source Insurance has integrated the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) online tool for...

Scot Prov’s CI non-disclosure rate just 2%

Scottish Provident paid out £53 million to critical illness policyholders in the first half...

Record times at Uinsure

Business to business general insurance provider Uinsure is celebrating its best month ever for...

New website from the Source

Source Insurance has unveiled its new website, which includes a range of improvements and...

Shawbrook Bank to offer title insurance on residential purchases

Shawbrook Bank has announced the availability of title insurance for residential purchases as...

41% doubt they could live on Statutory Sick Pay

Over half of all employees have been made redundant or suffered long-term illness during...

Sesame Bankhall Group hosts Mortgage Extra Live events

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is embarking upon its latest series of UK-wide mortgage seminars...

Ill health hitting older workers

Older workers are most likely to experiencing health problems as a result of work-related...

First Complete expands GI panel

First Complete has added Let Alliance, the specialist landlord and tenant building and contents...

Partnership hires compliance chief

Partnership has appointed Joanne Evans as director of compliance. She will be responsible...

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The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now....

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...

OneDome named among Europe’s fastest-growing fintech firms

OneDome has been named one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in Europe, the Middle...

Foundation raises maximum residential lending age to 80

Foundation Home Loans has increased its maximum residential lending age from 75 to 80...

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