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Simply Business partners with DAS Legal Expenses

Simply Business, a provider of SME and landlord insurance, has appointed DAS Legal Expenses...

Advisers ‘lose’ £48m in missed sales

Mortgage advisers "missed out" on £47.8 million of untapped earnings from failing to provide...

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...

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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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