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The Right Mortgage to hold PMI Summit in July

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have issued details of a...

The rise in demand for PMI and how to maximise all ancillary opportunities

The ongoing uncertainty in the UK economy brought about by rising interest rates and...

HSBC Life (UK) opens up critical illness to diabetics

HSBC Life (UK) has announced that critical illness cover will be available to Type...

Mortgage Matters Direct partners with Acre

Mortgage Matters Direct (MMD) has cemented a new relationship with Acre, which will see...

L&G Wellbeing Advisory Board unveils new cost of living guide

Legal & General Group Protection’s Wellbeing Advisory Board has launched a new cost of...

Royal London appoints specialist protection distribution team head

Royal London has appointed Jon Fuller as head of specialist protection distribution to lead...

Brightstar Group unveils insurance brokerage

The Brightstar Group has launched Solstar, an insurance brokerage providing a referral service for...

Cirencester Friendly achieves Investors in People’s gold accreditation

Cirencester Friendly has been awarded 'We Invest in People Gold Accreditation' by Investors in...

Right Mortgage Network & DA Club to hold sales roadshows

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have provided details of two...

Consumer Duty Q&A: Phil Lewis, Source Insurance

BestAdvice fires questions on Consumer Duty at Phil Lewis, head of compliance and risk...

HLPartnership acquires mortgage and protection network

HLPartnership has announced the acquisition of AFP Partnership, a mortgage and protection network based...

Berkeley Alexander refreshes mid & high net worth panels

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has announced a refresh of its Mid Net Worth...

Royal London paid out £631m for protection claims in 2023

Mutual insurer, Royal London, paid out on average over £52m a month on protection...

Legal & General pays out record retail protection claims for 2022

Legal & General paid out an average of over £2.4m retail protection claims a...

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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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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