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Life broker appoints chief people officer

Life insurance broker, Reassured, has appointed Mareena Flint as its new chief people officer...

LV= to continue with payment break option

LV= is to carry on offering its payment break option permanently to maintain support...

Source Insurance streamlines its quote journey

Source Insurance has updated its general insurance platform to help brokers obtain quotes quicker. Source...

Scottish Friendly unveils “game-changer” over-50s’ life product

Scottish Friendly has launched a new over-50s' life insurance plan. The plan helps protect vulnerable...

Pivotal Growth acquires specialist brokerage

Pivotal Growth Limited has announced the acquisition of Grange Mortgage and Protection Services. Grange is...

Source Insurance appoints director of sales

General insurance provider, Source Insurance, has appointed Carl Oakes as its new director of...

Royal London’s LV= takeover talks collapse

Royal London has confirmed that its merger discussions with LV= have ended. December saw Royal...

Iress to drive National Friendly expansion strategy

National Friendly has gone live with Iress' Exchange portal service to drive growth in...

How wellbeing services can benefit the protection conversation

Within our industry, there’s a familiar saying that ‘protection isn’t bought, it’s sold’. And...

Paymentshield reports record year of growth

Paymentshield is set to exceed half a million customers in the first quarter of...

The Exeter signs up to Vulnerable Customers Charter

The Exeter has become the first insurer to sign up to the Vulnerable Customer...

Royal London provides Helping Hand to wellbeing

Royal London has expanded its Helping Hand service to include health and wellbeing support...

Openwork Partnership partners with PMI specialist

The Openwork Partnership is launching a private medical insurance (PMI) referral service with specialist...

Just Mortgages restructures into two divisions

Broker firm, Just Mortgages, has restructured into two divisions to manage its growth, with changes...

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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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