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OneFamily to acquire Beagle Street

OneFamily will be acquiring Beagle Street by the end of the year, in a...

Paradigm Protect partners with Assured Futures

Paradigm Protect has announced a new partnership with Assured Futures, the specialist life and...

Consumer Duty to put protection in spotlight

44% of advisers expect the Consumer Duty to increase the focus on protection, according...

Source Insurance bolsters GI offering with rent guarantee

Source Insurance has improved its landlord proposition by adding a Rent Guarantee product provided...

Paradigm Protect adds Cirencester Friendly to panel

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has added Cirencester Friendly’s range of Income...

Protection as costs of living rise: a question of affordability and value?  

It’s no secret that the costs of living in the UK are rising, with...

Legal & General Retail makes executive team appointments

Legal & General Retail, which has 12 million retail customers and workplace members overing...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new director of distribution

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Alan Waddington has been appointed as the new director...

Paradigm Protect unveils new PMI proposition

Paradigm Protect has launched a new Private Medical Insurance (PMI) proposition to member firms. The...

Guardian launches on Underwriteme platform

Guardian has announced its launch on UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform. This partnership further expands Guardian’s...

Over 40% of workers worried about loss of earnings due to personal illness

New data from protection and health insurer the Exeter has revealed that 43% of...

360 Lifecycle partners with Uinsure

360 Dotnet’s wealth and mortgage platform, 360 Lifecycle, has streamlined the general insurance (GI)...

Royal London makes underwriting improvements

Royal London has introduced changes to its underwriting philosophy, primarily focussed on improving terms...

British Friendly selects new regtech solution

Income protection provider British Friendly is to adopt Product Governor, a new 'regtech' solution...

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,...

Latest news

Bank of England holds rate at 3.75% as energy risks cloud outlook

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75% amid concern that higher...

TML and Bluestone cut selected residential mortgage rates

The Mortgage Lender and Bluestone Mortgages have reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up...

StrideUp raises property finance limit and expands HMO criteria

StrideUp has increased the maximum financing available through its buy-to-let purchase plan to £2.5...

OneDome shortlisted for three business awards

OneDome has been named a finalist in three categories at the Lloyds British Business...

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