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CII unveils Chartered firm awareness campaign

The Chartered Insurance Institute is launching a campaign designed to raise awareness among consumers...

iPipeline appoints new national account manager

iPipeline has recruited Jacqui Weddell as its new national account manager. Weddell (pictured) has over 25 years...

Covid-19: £980k in life claims paid out every day

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed that insurers received 7,000 life insurance...

National Friendly sponsors virtual Memories by Moonlight

National Friendly is the sole sponsor of the very first virtual Memories by Moonlight...

Connect expands GI panel with Ceta appointment

Connect Mortgages has appointed Ceta Insurance to its panel of general insurance providers. The Specialist...

Mortgage broker protection sales worst hit by Covid

iPipeline has published statistics for new protection business processed through its platforms in Q2...

Self-employed income fragility highlights protection need

New research has found that 17% of self-employed workers in the UK have no...

Paymentshield unveils GI webinar series

Paymentshield has introduced a series of webinars to help brokers develop general insurance (GI)...

Royal London unveils Helping Hand discounts

Royal London has made changes to its legal support available through Helping Hand to...

FCA updates guidance for insurance and premium finance firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed proposals to extend a series of temporary measures to...

Covid-19: quarter of over-50s’ retirement plans dented

18% of people aged 50 and over say that the Covid-19 pandemic has already...

Uinsure partners with Twenty7Tec

Uinsure has extended its partnership with mortgage technology firm Twenty7Tec. Users of Twenty7Tec’s CloudTwenty7 platform...

The Marsden chooses sole home insurance supplier

The Marsden Building Society has named Uinsure as its sole home insurance supplier. Uinsure offers 5...

New CEO for Ceta Insurance parent

Digital insurance distributor ATEC Group, which trades under the brand names of Ceta Insurance,...

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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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...

Mortgage deals vanish in days as rates surge

Mortgage deals are disappearing at record speed as lenders scramble to reprice in a...

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