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Home insurance premium rises slow down

The cost of home insurance in the UK rose by 21% year-on-year between July...

Royal London unveils joint life second death life cover

Royal London has introduced a joint life second death life cover option, in order...

Shepherds Friendly appoints new chief sales officer

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Phil Nash as chief sales officer. Nash (pictured)...

Iress adds ex-smoker questions to the Exchange for IP

Iress has announces the addition of ex-smoker questions to its income protection comparison service...

Right Mortgage Network outlines 2025 event schedule

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced its calendar of events for members...

A plan for single life has the support of industry heavyweights

During November CIExpert launched its ‘single is best’ campaign. No, this was not guidance...

Uinsure in home insurance partnership with Motability

Uinsure is supporting over 7,000 of Motability’s Home Insurance policy holders following RSA’s recent...

27% have had a month off work because of illness or injury

27% of those recently surveyed for income protection specialist Cirencester Friendly have revealed that...

Arkel expands landlord insurance access

Arkel has added its Landlords Let Property insurance product, Premier Let, to the OpenGI...

National Friendly backs BMI on the Exchange

National Friendly has become the latest provider to support BMI questions on the income...

LV= CEO named top executive LGBTQ+ role model

David Hynam, LV= chief executive, has been named the number one ‘Outstanding Executives Role...

Director of insurance broker hit with £1m fine and ban

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Leigh Mackey £1,102,879 and banned him from...

CIExpert receives key industry backing for Individual Protection campaign

CIExpert's recently-launched 'Single is Best' campaign has received support from LifeSearch and Reassured. The campaign...

Scottish Widows offers new income protection deal via The Exchange

Iress has added Scottish Widows’ new Income Protection (IP) product to The Exchange, its...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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