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The Exeter’s healthcare distribution head joins AMII

Protection and health insurer, the Exeter, has announced that its head of healthcare distribution,...

L&G to return to commission on authorisation for protection products

Legal & General is returning its protection commission structure to the commission on policy...

Leeds BS partners with Uinsure

Leeds Building Society has announced a partnership with insurance technology firm, Uinsure, that will...

The Exeter paid out 92% of 2022 new claims

The Exeter has published its income protection claims data for 2022, revealing that £9.9...

Gen Z off sick more than older peers

Health Shield Friendly Society has found that the youngest employees in the workforce, those...

PMS partners with Cirencester Friendly

PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, has boosted its protection offering with...

New head of wellbeing for Towergate Health & Protection

Towergate Health & Protection has announced the appointment of Debra Clark to its newly...

Paradigm Protect adds general insurance test to CPD academy

Paradigm Protect has added a new General Insurance (GI) test to its CPD Academy...

Iress and Reassured agree partnership

Iress has announced that life insurance broker, Reassured, has selected The Exchange platform to...

Scottish Friendly posts record sales

Scottish Friendly has reported record sales of £47.7m for 2022. Total sales increased from £46.9m...

Royal London appoints head of strategic partnerships

Royal London has appointed Ronnie Binnie as head of strategic partnerships. Binnie (pictured) joins...

Ceta Insurance reaches Infinity member milestone

Ceta Insurance has welcomed the 10,000th member of its broker Infinity portal last week. ...

Royal London updates diabetes underwriting

Royal London has introduced a number of changes to its diabetes underwriting philosophy. The...

Consumers open to revealing health and lifestyle issues

Consumers are more open to answering personal questions about their health and lifestyle than...

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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