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Aviva added to First Complete income protection panel

First Complete has appointed Aviva to its income protection provider panel. The new Aviva...

Assurant Intermediary offers Home Emergency Assistance

Assurant Intermediary is adding Home Emergency Assistance cover to its range of general insurance...

Nationwide simplifies process for PPI complaints

Nationwide Building Society has moved to help customers make Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints...

Legal & General in new partnership with First Trust Bank

Legal & General and First Trust Bank has agreed a 'long term' joint distribution...

Canada Life Group Insurance expands protection offering

Canada Life Group Insurance has introduced an additional service from Best Doctors as part...

The Co-op offers insurance discount

The Co-operative Insurance is offering 25% off buildings and contents insurance when they are...

PruProtect offer 30% extra

PruProtect has announced that customers taking out a Life and Serious Illness Cover plan...

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident outline G-Day plans

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have confirmed their process for dealing with gender neutral...

Nationwide unveils pair of new insurance products

Nationwide Building Society has launched two new insurance products, Nationwide Home Insurance and Nationwide...

Key hires for Ageas Insurance Solutions

Ageas Insurance Solutions has made two key appointments to its senior management team. Colin Butler...

Underinsurance risk from rising precious metal values

There has been a 22% increase over the past two years in the number...

Brokers views on service analysed

A new survey conducted by Assurant Intermediary in March and April has provided insight...

Clients don’t believe in income protection

60% of advisers believe income protection is difficult to sell because clients don’t think...

Two key hires for Alternative Bridging Corporation

Alternative Bridging Corporation (ABC) has appointed two new members of staff. Mike Jones has been...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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