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New business growth for Scot Prov & Bright Grey

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have reported a rise in new business of 45%...

Many small employers unaware of group income protection

A quarter of small firms have never heard of Group Income Protection (GIP) products...

Research suggests large lack of B&C insurance cover

Almost 3.5 million UK homeowners don’t have adequate home contents and buildings insurance, according...

£3.345m FSA fine for insurance firm

The FSA has fined Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd (MSIEu) £3,345,000 for serious...

Aviva CEO quits

Andrew Moss, chief executive of Aviva, is stepping down from his position with immediate...

Pink and Aviva seek to create protection experts

Pink and Aviva have jointly launched a Protection Academy. The two firms claims the...

Worrying insight into interest-only borrowers’ ‘strategies’

Only 23% of interest-only mortgage holders are regularly putting money away in order to...

Brits willing to make false insurance claim

4.3 million people with home insurance are willing to consider making a false claim...

Sesame Bankhall announces restricted advice providers

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has revealed the initial product providers for its new restricted...

Barclays highlights protection gap

60% of UK adults do not have life insurance, according to new research from...

Berkeley Alexander unveils quote system

Berkeley Alexander has launched a bespoke commercial property comparison quote system for intermediaries. The system...

PPI ‘Summit’ to be held today

A Which? survey of over 2,000 people has found that 25% of people looking...

Ageas Protect makes senior comms hire

Ageas Protect has appointed Julie Henderson to the role of senior marketing communications manager. She...

The myth of lead generation

There is a noticeable trend towards performance based marketing and lead generation sits at...

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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

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MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...