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New BDM for National Friendly

National Friendly has announced the appointment of Toney Quinn as business development manager. The Bristol-based friendly...

Cancer cover claims crash due to Covid

LV= has seen a major decrease in cancer claims due to the impact of...

Sesame adds seven providers to protection panel

Sesame Network has expanded its protection panel, with 16 providers now available to its...

Mortgage Magic integrates iPipeline into broker proposition

Mortgage Magic's CRM and mortgage management platform has integrated a number of iPipeline’s webservice...

AIG Life moves to simplify critical illness

AIG Life has introduced what it claims to be a different approach to critical...

HSBC unveils virtual healthcare support for life customers

Existing HSBC Life Protection policyholders in the UK will now receive additional physical and...

Landbay to offer free title indemnity insurance

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has announced that it will offer free-of-charge title indemnity insurance. Landbay believes...

LV= pays out £6m in Covid claims

LV= has paid out over £6m in coronavirus-related income protection and death claims to...

Staff from smaller firms want mental wellbeing support

Research from WorkLife, OpenMoney's employee benefits service, has found that mental wellbeing support is the...

Ceta cuts non-standard rates

Ceta Insurance has announced rate reductions of up to 30% across a range of...

Paymentshield hires national account manager

Nasar Hussain has been appointed by Paymentshield as its new national account manager for...

Stonebridge launches new performance dashboards for Revolution

Stonebridge has  launched newly-designed Performance Dashboards on its trading platform, Revolution, alongside the completion...

FCA wants no penalties for GI loyalty

The FCA has published the final report of its market study into the pricing...

Uinsure appoints chief commercial officer

Martin Schultheiss has joined Uinsure as its new chief commercial officer. Schultheiss was formerly group...

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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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...

LSL to stage first protection-only conference for advisers

LSL Financial Services is to hold its first conference dedicated solely to protection, in...

Afin Bank brings in title insurance to speed up mortgage completions

Afin Bank has partnered with Westcor International to introduce Perfect Title Insurance across its...

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