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L&G strengthens protection offering with product enhancements

Legal & General has announced a series of product improvements across its protection range,...

Food for thought for those not selling mortgage protection

Networks have told me that only one-in-four mortgages arranged are safeguarded by mortgage protection...

Guardian upgrades Critical Illness cover

Guardian has unveiled a host of improvements to both its adult and children’s critical...

Brokers eye non-standard GI market for future growth

Specialist lines in the UK’s general insurance market are seeing a marked uptick in...

Howden staff take to the skies for Maggie’s Cancer Care

Employees from Howden’s Corporate & Commercial offices across the UK are preparing to defy...

Bankhall and PMS reveal new tech upgrades to boost adviser performance

Bankhall and PMS Mortgage Club, both part of Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), have launched...

Rosemount Financial Solutions adds MetLife UK to protection panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added MetLife UK to its growing panel of protection...

Zurich becomes seventh insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zones

Zurich has added its updated Income Protection plan to the CIExpert Insight Zones making...

OMS partners with Countrywide to enhance survey access for brokers

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a new partnership with Countrywide Home Surveys, a...

L&G extends partnership with Nationwide for five-year protection distribution agreement

Legal & General (L&G) Retail Protection has signed a new five-year protection distribution agreement...

Trump tensions prompt surge in life insurance interest among young adults

One in four young adults in the UK say they are now more likely...

UnderwriteMe names new chief executive

UnderwriteMe has appointed Andrew Doran as its new chief executive, following the departure of...

British Friendly reports £5 million in income protection claims paid in 2024

British Friendly paid out over £5 million in Income Protection, discretionary BF Care claims...

Finova Broker adds UnderwriteMe integration to expand protection capabilities

Finova Broker has integrated with UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform, bolstering its CRM’s protection sourcing capabilities...

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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Mortgage availability rises as lenders cut pricing

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

Keystone cuts buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its fixed rate buy-to-let ranges by up...

ModaMortgages adds limited edition buy-to-let fixes from 3.39%

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition range of buy-to-let mortgages spanning standard properties as...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be...

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