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Cirencester Friendly paid more than 95% of 2022 claims

Individual income protection provider Cirencester Friendly paid 95.4% of claims in 2022. This represents...

‘Powered by LifeSearch’ to drive move to embedded insurance

LifeSearch is enabling partner brands to offer digital protection products to their customers supported...

Sesame Bankhall Group provides protection support guides

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has published a range of practical support guides to help...

Access FS makes training manager appointment

Mortgage and protection firm, Access Financial Services, has appointed Peter Phillips as the new...

Vulnerability data could help resolve life cover challenges

A recent report by Swiss Re - Life Cover Payouts – under the microscope...

Over-55s who plan to work in retirement concerned about care costs

The cost of care is a top concern for a large number of over...

£42bn facilitated through 360 Lifecycle in 2022

Adviser CRM platform, 360 Lifecycle, has revealed that it facilitated over £7 billion in...

Canada Life offers mental wellbeing app

Canada Life has launched myStrength, a mental wellbeing app that offers a bespoke service...

SimplyBiz agrees PMI referral partnership with Usay Compare

SimplyBiz has partnered with PMI specialist, Usay Compare, to offer a referral service to...

Berkeley Alexander expands commercial team

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has recruited Danielle Hubert as a commercial account handler. This...

Millions at risk of home under-insurance

A poll by home insurer NFU Mutual has found that millions of home owners...

Legal & General adds neurodiversity pathway to wellbeing support framework

Legal & General Group Protection has announced the launch of its neurodiversity pathway, as...

Paymentshield reveals senior management changes

General insurance platform provider Paymentshield has announced that Colm Tully has become commercial director...

Stonebridge provides conference and awards dinner details

Stonebridge has outlined details of its 2023 National Conference & Awards, which will take...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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...

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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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