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Most employers concerned about cost-of-living impact on employees

92% of employers are concerned about how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting their employees,...

Foresters Financial achieves 99.99% claim pay-out rate

Foresters Financial, the mutual financial services organisation, has achieved a UK claim pay-out rate...

Canada Life to close onshore individual protection

Canada Life has confirmed it is no longer accepting applications for onshore individual protection...

Over 18m struggled to access NHS treatments when needed

New data from protection and health insurer the Exeter has revealed that over 18...

AMI unveils five-point protection plan

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched its third annual Viewpoint Report on...

Reassured appoints chairman

Life insurance broker, Reassured, has appointed Matthew Donaldson as non-executive chairman. Donaldson will work...

National Friendly introduces new PMI product

National Friendly has announced the launch of its new private medical insurance product, My...

Breast cancer claims support on the rise

Claims support for breast cancer is increasing as speed of payouts and help for...

OneFamily to acquire Beagle Street

OneFamily will be acquiring Beagle Street by the end of the year, in a...

Paradigm Protect partners with Assured Futures

Paradigm Protect has announced a new partnership with Assured Futures, the specialist life and...

Consumer Duty to put protection in spotlight

44% of advisers expect the Consumer Duty to increase the focus on protection, according...

Source Insurance bolsters GI offering with rent guarantee

Source Insurance has improved its landlord proposition by adding a Rent Guarantee product provided...

Paradigm Protect adds Cirencester Friendly to panel

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has added Cirencester Friendly’s range of Income...

Protection as costs of living rise: a question of affordability and value?  

It’s no secret that the costs of living in the UK are rising, with...

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Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...

International demand for UK property investment ‘more diverse than expected’

The UK property market is attracting investment from a much broader range of international...