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Royal London removes Covid-19 underwriting restrictions

Royal London has removed restrictions to its underwriting approach put in place in 2020...

FIBA agrees protection referral partnership

Trade body FIBA has partnered with BQI Protection to introduce a referral service for...

Paymentshield and Goodlord extend partnership

General Insurance provider Paymentshield and referencing firm Goodlord have extended their partnership agreement for...

SimplyBiz launches dedicated protection hub

SimplyBiz has unveiled an online protection hub, aiming at bridging together the compliance, training,...

TMA Club in protection partnership with LifeQuote

TMA Club has teamed up with Direct Life’s specialist protection service, LifeQuote, to provide...

LV= extends protection payment break

LV= is extending both its payment break and premium and cover reduction options until...

Record protection payouts for Royal London in 2020

Mutual insurer Royal London paid 99.6% of all protection claims last year, totalling a...

Source Insurance to support Learning at Work Week

Source Insurance is to hold a new week-long series of free ‘Lunch and Learn’...

LV= to underwrite life applicants with chronic medical conditions

LV= is updating its underwriting strategy for those living with chronic medical conditions -...

TRM Network makes marketing appointment

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has welcomed Danielle Wilson as its latest hire...

Molo collaborates with Uinsure

Digital lender Molo Finance is partnering with Uinsure to offer digital insurance solutions for...

TRM Network hires head of protection

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has announced Vincent O’Connor as its new head of protection. In this...

Covid to spur borrowers to seek mortgage advice

Research from Legal & General Mortgage Club has found that 60% of borrowers whose...

Strong Q1 for Uinsure

Uinsure has reported 33.5% sales growth in the opening quarter of 2021. The insurance firm...

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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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