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Royal London expands Helping Hand service

Royal London is providing customers with free access to mental and physical wellbeing apps. The...

Openwork sees adviser numbers rise in lockdown

Openwork's adviser numbers at have increased to 4,000 in June. Around 100 advisers have joined...

The Exeter reports rise in GP surgeries using electronic reports

The Exeter has revealed a significant increase in the number of GP reports being...

Paradigm sees growth over last year

Paradigm Mortgage Services has reported growth in membership numbers, revenue and gross lending completions over...

Royal London: cancer most common cause of CI claim

Royal London paid 99.7% of claims in 2019, totalling more than £575m and helping...

L&G and Royal London resume face-to-face medical screenings

Legal & General and Royal London have both announced that it will be reintroducing...

L&G improves group CIC support services

Legal & General has added new support services to its Group Critical Illness product (GCIC). The services...

Cirencester Friendly achieves Investors in People accreditation

Cirencester Friendly has been awarded the Silver accreditation from Investors in People. The Society took...

LV= resumes face-to-face medical screenings

LV= is to reintroduce face-to-face medical examinations in partnership with Square Health following the...

Paymentshield expands three-month payment holiday offer

Paymentshield has extended its three-month payment holiday offer to include new, as well as existing, home insurance customers.  The move is...

LV= processes £3.7m in coronavirus claims

LV= has handled £3.7m in coronavirus-related income protection and death claims to 470 individuals...

The Exeter launches unlimited diagnostics option

Health and protection insurance provider, the Exeter, has launched a new benefit add-on to...

Kevin Paterson joins Ceta Insurance

Kevin Paterson has been appointed as director of sales and marketing at Ceta Insurance. Paterson...

Cirencester Friendly relaunches My Extra Benefits

Cirencester Friendly has relaunched its add-on product range, My Extra Benefits. Following its temporary withdrawal...

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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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