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Make income protection a priority, advisers urged

The Exeter is urging advisers to start discussing income protection with their clients as...

LifeQuote announces major rebrand

Protection specialist LifeQuote has revealed a new brand identity, designed to better represent its...

The Right Mortgage launches new Trust Hub

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched a new Trust Hub following on...

Royal London: inflation shows importance of index-linking

Royal London is highlighting the importance of index linking protection policies, with prices rising...

Paradigm publishes summer event schedule

Paradigm has outlined a calendar of events and webinars for intermediaries across the coming...

Royal London reveals record claims payouts for 2021

Royal London paid 99.5% of all protection claims last year, totalling a record of...

British Friendly publishes Income Protection claims data

British Friendly has revealed its Income Protection paid claims statistics for the past 16...

iPipeline unveils cloud-based hosted authoring services for insurers

iPipeline has announced a range of new hosted authoring services for insurers from its...

One-fifth of Brits find speaking to an adviser ‘overwhelming’

Speaking to a financial adviser is a greater cause of stress for UK consumers...

Acre and Uinsure partner to simplify home insurance

Mortgage intermediary platform, Acre, has announced a new partnership with Uinsure to simplify building...

Cirencester Friendly saw continued growth in 2021

Cirencester Friendly recorded continued growth during 2021 with premium income, membership and funds under...

L&G works with Fruitful Insights to bolster wellbeing offering

Legal & General has launched an exclusive partnership with Fruitful Insights that the insurer...

Iress expands Features protection initiative

Iress has launched the second phase of its Features initiative with the addition of...

National Friendly appoints executive head of marketing

Georgia d’Esterre has been appointed to the newly created role of executive head of...

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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