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Paymentshield expands home insurance panel

Paymentshield has taken the number of providers on its home insurance panel to eight, with...

Assurant Intermediary bolsters broker proposition

Assurant Intermediary has added an updated online instant quote system and a facility to...

HLP unveils new preferred GI panel

HLP and MSN advisers now have access to a new preferred panel of general...

Paradigm Protect to offer simple protection panel

Paradigm Protect is simplifying its offering to advisers by offering just one panel instead of...

L&G unveils SmartQuote for Intermediaries

Legal & General has launched SmartQuote for Intermediaries, a way for advisers to obtain...

Vitality Essentials offers benefits to SME PMI clients

VitalityHealth has launched Vitality Essentials, which it claims broadens the reach of key preventative...

Individual protection market “could grow by an average 18%”

MetLife research has found that advisers think sales of individual protection could grow by...

LV= plans to end friendly society status

Mutual insurance, retirement and investment group LV= plans to convert to a company limited...

Protection and life sales down but equity release up at LV=

LV= has reported operating profit of £136 million for 2018, up £2m on the...

The Exeter doubles its funeral pledge

The Exeter has signed up to the Protection Distributor Group’s (PDG) Funeral Payment Pledge. This...

Fluent Money Group appoints group sales director

Fluent Money Group has announced the appointment of Chris Meadows as group sales director. Previously...

L&G encourages protection language rethink

Legal & General wants the insurance sector to reconsider the way it talks and...

National Conversation Week to promote financial advice

This year's National Conversation Week, which takes place from 18-24 March, has a focus...

MCI Club partners with Auxilium

MCI Club, part of the eKeeper Group, has appointed Auxilium Partnership as its protection...
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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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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
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The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...
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Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

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