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Cirencester Friendly appoints new director of distribution

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Alan Waddington has been appointed as the new director...

Paradigm Protect unveils new PMI proposition

Paradigm Protect has launched a new Private Medical Insurance (PMI) proposition to member firms. The...

Guardian launches on Underwriteme platform

Guardian has announced its launch on UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform. This partnership further expands Guardian’s...

Over 40% of workers worried about loss of earnings due to personal illness

New data from protection and health insurer the Exeter has revealed that 43% of...

360 Lifecycle partners with Uinsure

360 Dotnet’s wealth and mortgage platform, 360 Lifecycle, has streamlined the general insurance (GI)...

Royal London makes underwriting improvements

Royal London has introduced changes to its underwriting philosophy, primarily focussed on improving terms...

British Friendly selects new regtech solution

Income protection provider British Friendly is to adopt Product Governor, a new 'regtech' solution...

Ceta Insurance achieves data security standard

Ceta Insurance has attained ISO 27001 certification, the global standard for the establishment, maintenance...

New providers for Access FS protection panel

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services has surpassed 20 protection providers on its...

FCA warns insurers over cost of living squeeze

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has expressed concern that as pressure mounts on household...

New Paymentshield role for Brian Coulton

General insurance provider Paymentshield has created a new strategic partnerships manager role to manage...

LV= appoints chief executive

Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Limited (LV=) has announced the appointment of David Hynam as...

Lack of mortgage protection putting homes at risk

Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis already causing families to re-evaluate their financial...

Opportunity for intermediaries to help SMEs with wellbeing

New research shows that now is an optimum time for intermediaries to talk to...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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