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PruProtect unveils app for iPad-using advisers

PruProtect has launched a new iPad app for financial advisers. The app is aimed at...

Michael Vaughan to head up PruProtect Chance to Ride event

Former England cricket captain, Michael Vaughan, will lead a host of celebrity friends and...

UK workforce more financially exposed today

Employees of today are more likely to fall into financial difficulty than they were...

Source Insurance unveils enhanced management information tool

Source Insurance has published details of a new addition to its software capabilities in...

Bright Grey widens Relevant Life Plan access

Bright Grey has launched its Relevant Life Plan as a separate product. The...

LV= offers ‘unique’ critical illness benefits

LV= has improved its critical illness (CI) cover. The changes include increasing the number of...

Scottish Widows publishes IP claims data for first time

Scottish Widows paid out 98% of life and 88% of critical illness claims last...

Record number of new complaint cases for FOS

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) handled 2,161,439 initial enquiries and complaints from consumers over...

Improved CI offering from Bright Grey

Bright Grey has improved its critical illness definition for cancer for personal and business...

LV= introduces new insurance policy for caravan owners

LV= is to offer a new caravan insurance policy. Caravan equipment and awnings are covered...

SMEs look to grow following NI initiative

20% of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has been encouraged...

Ageas appoints marketing chief for RIAS and Castle Cover

Ageas has appointed Mark Hanson as marketing director for its two over 50s insurance...

Holloway Friendly unveils 24-hour support package

Holloway Friendly has launched a 24-hour advice and information service for its income protection...

Ingard network selects the Source

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to the Ingard network for...
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COMMENT

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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More than 255,000 homeowners to leave five-year fixes by the end of June

More than 255,000 UK households are due to come off five-year fixed mortgage deals...
Appointments

The Leeds strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Leeds Building Society has hired Michelle Ward as corporate account manager, adding more than...
Buy-to-let

Rising rental yields give landlords a stronger start to 2026, but March volatility clouds outlook

Fleet Mortgages’ latest Rental Barometer shows average yields reached 8.1% in Q1 2026, up...
Mortgages

Mortgage availability rises as lenders cut pricing

Mortgage availability increased in the first quarter of 2026 as lenders loosened supply and...

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