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New NEDs for Shepherds Friendly

Shepherds Friendly has added two new non-executive directors to its board. Alison McKinna and...

New CEO for Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly is announcing that its director of finance and risk, Andy Morris, will become...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network relaunches ASU

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has relaunched its 'new look' ASU proposition following...

Canada Life looks at long-term financial planning within families

Canada Life has introduced a new element in its ‘Long Term Close Up’ campaign...

Insurance professionals see restricted cover as greatest threat to trust

Restricted cover is the biggest threat to public trust in the insurance profession in...

The Exeter announces chair designate

The Exeter has announced that Peter Hubbard is joining its board as a non-executive...

Iress adds Shepherds Friendly to The Exchange

Iress has announced that Shepherds Friendly's income protection products are now available on Iress’s...

J3 places insurance on £24m AMA Homes resi project

J3 Advisory has been instructed by AMA homes to place structural warranty insurance on...

Avantia appoints chief financial officer

Avantia, the 'virtual' insurer behind the Homeprotect brand, has expanded its team with the...

Older employees feel less supported than younger employees

Older workers are feeling less supported in the workplace than their younger colleagues, according...

Protection Distributors Group adds Claims Charter signatories

Following a review of claims handling practices across the industry, the Protection Distributors Group...

Health and wellbeing support needs to adapt to hybrid working

Research from Towergate Health & Protection shows that on average 45% of employees are...

Paymentshield unveils home insurance platform enhancements

Paymentshield has made a number of upgrades to its Adviser Hub platform. The latest change,...

Castle Trust completes £5.4m BTL portfolio loan

Castle Trust Bank has completed a portfolio loan secured on 19 buy-to-let properties in...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

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