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Cirencester Friendly expands executive team

Cirencester Friendly has made two appointments to support its growing presence in the income...

L&G reveals group protection stats for 2018

Legal & General paid a total of £292m in Group Protection claims in 2018. The...

Legal & General appoints head of broker for GI

Legal & General has promoted Darren Prior to head of broker within its general...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network partners with Best Insurance

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has embarked upon a partnership with Best Insurance,...

Uinsure partners with eKeeper Group

Uinsure has announced a partnership with adviser technology provider eKeeper Group. The move will allow...

iPipeline grows distribution team

iPipeline is expanding its distribution team to support growth within the protection market. Andy Milburn...

FIBA introduces block PI scheme

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has launched its own block PI scheme...

L&G to continue Heath Assured partnership

Legal & General has renewed its partnership with EAP provider, Health Assured. As part of...

2.4 million households have no home insurance

The latest AA Insurance Consumer Index (ICI) has reported that housing association tenants are...

The Buy to Let Business becomes Dynamo

The Buy to Let Business has rebranded as Dynamo. Ying Tan, founder and chief executive,...

The Right PMI and Healthcare holds adviser workshop

The Right PMI and Healthcare held one of its specialist workshops aimed at supporting...

Q1 growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has published quarterly figures for the first three...

PPI still the most complained about product

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported that during the second half of 2018...

Just Mortgages becomes number one Openwork broker

Just Mortgages has become Openwork’s number one broker in the network across lending volumes,...

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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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Mortgage Advice Bureau combines new-build businesses under Meridian Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau has completed the integration of three specialist new-build mortgage businesses into...

UTB restores 90% LTV second charge lending and cuts rates

United Trust Bank has reintroduced residential second charge lending at up to 90% loan-to-value...

AMI seeks adviser views for seventh protection study

Mortgage and protection advisers have been invited to contribute to the Association of Mortgage...

Unexpected moving costs hit 95% of recent homebuyers

Almost all recent UK homebuyers encountered unexpected costs during their move, research from property...

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