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Multi benefit protection growth for HLPartnership

HL Partnership has reported a rise in the take up of multi benefit protection...

Royal London makes income protection more flexible

Royal London has introduced a new five year payment option to its income protection. The...

FCA sounds warning to GI firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned general insurance (GI) firms about manufacturing, sales...

Uinsure unveils graduate academy

Uinsure has launched a graduate academy, following on from signing the Women in Finance...

Paymentshield offers client guide to moving home

Paymentshield has published a free resource for advisers to provide their clients: the Ultimate...

Paymentshield adds new Adviser Hub feature

Paymentshield has introduced a new self-service tool on its Adviser Hub designed to help...

Income protection payouts up at the Exeter

The Exeter has published its income protection (IP) claims statistics for 2018, showing that...

Auxilium Partnership hires head of proposition

Auxilium Partnership has appointed Sarah Moore as its new head of proposition. Moore (pictured) will...

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...

COMMENT

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

Buyers are already reacting to a Budget nobody has written

Andy Burnham ruled out changes to stamp duty on 27 July, a week into the job and days after reports that the government was...

The tech question is how, not if, we can use it

Recent adviser research from Nottingham Building Society underlines the appetite for greater use of technology across the mortgage process. The vast majority (89%) of...

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...

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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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