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Advisers closing GI opportunity gap

Financial advisers have been gradually closing the missed opportunity 'GI gap' for the past...

Legal & General updates intermediary protection platform

Legal & General has made a number of updates to its adviser protection platform,...

Royal London aims to be more inclusive towards cancer survivors

Royal London has introduced a new approach to cancer underwriting, broadening the access to...

Building trust when it comes to protection claims

When it comes to protection insurance, the independent advice community could well be called...

Quilter partners with Uinsure

Quilter has announced a strategic partnership with Uinsure to provide its advisers with more...

Canada Life appoints managing director of group protection

Canada Life has appointed Dan Crook to the position of managing director, group protection. He...

Try Mortgage Network partners with UnderwriteMe

Try Mortgage Network (TMN), the AR network owned by Try Financial, has announced a...

Legal & General appoints head of product and proposition for retail protection

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Nicki Plews as its new head...

CLSQ launches bamboo indemnity insurance

CLSQ has introduced a bamboo indemnity insurance product to provide protection should bamboo be...

National Friendly launches non-underwritten cover for ‘unforeseen’ eventualities

National Friendly has launched a new product, Friendly Shield, designed to support stretched household...

The Right DA Club develops PMI offering

The Right DA Club has announced a number of initiatives focused on supporting adviser...

Towergate Health & Protection appoints new head of operational excellence

Beth Alahakoon has joined Towergate Health & Protection as its new head of operational excellence. The...

Source Insurance announces partnership with Fairstone

Source Insurance has announced a partnership with wealth management firm, Fairstone. This alliance enables...

Paymentshield adds new partnership manager roles

Paymentshield has created two new partnership manager roles to manage relationships with new distribution...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Hope Capital secures £35 million HTB funding line

Hope Capital Property Finance has secured a £35 million wholesale funding line from Hampshire...

Nottingham Building Society backs Instamo broker padel event

Nottingham Building Society has been confirmed as headline sponsor of Instamo's FastAdmin Broker Padel...

Warhol collection helps secure £310k loan for home improvements

A high-net-worth client has secured a £310,000 short-term loan against a collection of Andy...

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...

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