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L&G appoints medical officer

Legal & General Insurance has announced the appointment of Dr Tarun Gupta to the...

Source Insurance appoints associate sales director

Lee Denton has been promoted by Source Insurance to the position of associate sales...

iPipeline offers pre-application indicative decisions

IPipeline has launched a new online self-serve tool that will allow advisers to get...

LV= acquired by private equity firm

Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Limited (LV=) has agreed to be acquired by Bain Capital,...

Source Insurance sponsored swimmer achieves world first

Ice swimmer Cath Pendleton, who is sponsored by Source Insurance, has added another first...

Owl Financial supports advisers seeking CertPro qualification

Owl Financial, Openwork’s specialist protection advice business, is helping its advisers to be among...

WorkLife and Unum in protection partnership

Employee benefits portal, WorkLife, has joined forces with group insurance provider Unum to add a...

Ceta Insurance unveils broker reward programme

Specialist non-standard GI broker, Ceta insurance, has launched a new loyalty and reward programme...

L&G unveils digital-first group protection proposition

Legal & General Insurance has partnered with Salary Finance to launch Protect; a mobile-first,...

300 sign up for SimpyBiz protection event

SimplyBiz Group has reported over 300 bookings for its ‘Protection Academy’ event, in the...

Legal & General Insurance unveils new learning & development hub

Legal & General Insurance has launched its online learning and development hub to support...

LifeQuote launches comparison service with Quilter

SmartCompare, LifeQuote’s new product comparison service, is now available to Quilter advisers, linked to their...

LV= appoints GI partnership director

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has announced the appointment of Simon Hird as its...

TMA Club issues last call for virtual ELEVATE conference

TMA Club is calling on advisers to register for its 2020 ELEVATE conference as...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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NPS Law joins My Legal Club conveyancing panel

NPS Law has joined My Legal Club’s UK conveyancing panel following a review of...

Barclays loosens affordability rules for residential and buy-to-let borrowers

Barclays has changed its affordability calculations for residential and buy-to-let mortgages, in a move...

Conveyancing fees tick up in Q1 but remain flat over past 12 months

The cost of conveyancing services rose modestly in the first quarter of 2026, although...

Bath BS introduces valuation engine to speed up mortgage decisions

Bath Building Society has launched a new property decisioning engine aimed at cutting delays...

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