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Financial costs of childhood cancer calculated

New research sponsored by Guardian and conducted by cancer charity, Young Lives vs Cancer,...

Legal & General Group Protection updates critical illness definitions

Legal & General Group Protection has updated its Group critical illness cover (CIC) definitions...

Paymentshield introduces new referral option

General insurance (GI) solutions provider Paymentshield has announced the launch of a new quote...

Q&A: Amanda Wilson, The Right Mortgage & Protection Network

BestAdvice fires the questions at Amanda Wilson, director of The Right Mortgage & Protection...

The Exeter partners with UnderwriteMe with new claims assessment engine

The Exeter has announced the launch of a new system to assess claims. The...

Access FS adds CeMAP courses to academy proposition

Access Financial Services has announced the completion of its new academy proposition with the...

Cirencester Friendly announces new chair and board member

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Vicky Churcher has been appointed as a new non-executive...

The Exeter appoints NED pair to board

The Exeter has announced the appointment of Suzanne Clark and Kelvin Malayapillay as non-executive...

Majority invalidating their home insurance policies this summer

75% - or around nine million - of insured UK homeowners may have accidentally...

Source Insurance renews Whenfresh relationship

General insurance (GI) quotation provider Source Insurance has bolstered its partnership with property data...

Integra joins Paymentshield panel

General insurance solutions provider Paymentshield has revealed that specialist insurer Integra has joined its...

The Right Mortgage launches new PMI Demands & Needs Statement

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club has announced details of its...

Consumer Duty to drive growth in protection recommendations

According to new adviser research conducted by Guardian about the impact of Consumer Duty...

MorganAsh adds protection triage service to MARS tool

MorganAsh has added a new triage service to its MARS vulnerability software, to help...

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

First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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