Cover

High costs cited as barrier to offering health & wellbeing support

Towergate Health & Protection has released research designed to help firms who are putting...

Co-op in life cover partnership with Legal & General

Legal & General has announced a new partnership with Co-op Insurance to offer members...

The Right Mortgage publishes 2024 event calendar

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club has announced a range of ongoing...

Cirencester Friendly maintains high levels of customer service

Cirencester Friendly has announced another strong set of results from this year’s Institute of...

360 Dotnet integrates with UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform

360 Dotnet and UnderwriteMe have announced a new partnership. The integration of UnderwriteMe's Protection Platform...

OMS integrates with UnderwriteMe

One Mortgage System (OMS) has fully integrated with UnderwriteMe to bolster its protection and...

Just Mortgages announces new protection roadshows

National brokerage Just Mortgages has announced it will be running a series of protection...

Non-standard insurance sector forecasted to see “unprecedented” growth

The non-standard insurance sector is poised for “unprecedented, dynamic growth” through to 2030, according...

Almost half of UK workers overestimate the cost of income protection

44% of UK workers overestimate the monthly cost of income protection, life cover, and...

Royal London widens critical illness definitions

Royal London has widened the coverage on its critical illness cover by improving, changing...

Paymentshield appoints strategic partnerships manager

General insurance provider Paymentshield has appointed Craig Kerrigan to the role of strategic partnerships...

Guardian bolsters Anytime service

Guardian’s existing and new policyholders across all cover types will be able to benefit...

Paradigm Protect expands PMI panel with Bupa addition

Paradigm Protect has added Bupa to its Private Medical Insurance (PMI) panel. From today,...

Tesco Bank to offer non-standard home insurance

Prestige Underwriting has teamed up with Tesco Bank to offer non-standard home insurance to...

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,...

Latest news

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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