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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,...

LV= improves cover for families

LV= has mace changes to the LV= Flexible Protection Plan, its menu-based approach to...

Who doesn’t have a protection need?

For some, protection can seem like the great unmentionable with clients. For every advisory...

Ceta Insurance improves rate competitiveness

Ceta insurance has announced a number of rate changes to improve competitiveness across a...

Covid’s effects on physical and mental health revealed

Research from protection provider LV= has found that lockdown has benefitted the general population’s...

iPipeline introduces new protection solution

iPipeline has launched a new integrated solution that will allow advisers to view each...

Parents with young children will have greatest need for protection

New independent research for HSBC Life UK shows that financial advisers believe increased demand...

Personal guarantee insurance provider expands BD team

Purbeck Insurance Services, the provider of personal guarantee insurance for the owners and directors of...

Ceta expands non-standard panel

Non-standard household GI provider Ceta Insurance has added Midas to its platform. The new product...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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