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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...

Towergate Health & Protection grows group risk team

Towergate Health & Protection has welcomed two new group risk consultants, Rob Joyce and...

L&G pays out record in protection claims

Legal & General has revealed that it paid out a record 46 personal protection...

Group risk industry pays out record amount in claims

Employers utilised group risk protection to provide financial support to a huge number of...

SME developer saves £15k on building warranty insurance

Insurance and finance advisory firm, J3 has saved developer Grange Country Homes £15,000 through...

MHAW: adults reluctant to disclose mental health to insurers

Scottish Widows' latest mental health research has revealed that more than 24 million UK...

SBG launches campaign to increase protection take-up

Sesame Bankhall Group has unveiled a new protection campaign to improve the financial resilience...

HSBC Life partners with TRM Network

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has embarked upon a new partnership with HSBC...

Uinsure welcome two non-executive directors

Uinsure has announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors. Dan Wright joins as non-executive...

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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Foundation backs complex Oxfordshire holiday-let purchase

Foundation has provided a £153,700 mortgage for an experienced landlord buying a newly developed...

Openwork adds Perenna and West One to mortgage panel

The Openwork Partnership has added Perenna and West One to its mortgage lending panel,...

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...

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