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One million customers told to check critical illness cover

Phoenix, the UK’s largest specialist consolidator of closed life and pension funds, has contacted...

The Source introduces broker-facing CPD content hub

Source Insurance has launched its support mechanism ‘LearningLab’, designed to help brokers meet the...

Contents insurance black hole for renters

8.4 million renters in the UK do not have home contents insurance in place, Sainsbury’s...

The Monmouthshire reveals divestment of personal insurance business

Thomas Carroll Group has acquired the Monmouthshire Building Society’s personal insurance business. With nearly 50 years’...

L&G unveils income protection adviser hub

Legal & General has launched a new dedicated Income Protection (IP) Adviser Hub to...

Uinsure appoints CIO

Uinsure has announced the appointment of David Smith to the new position of chief...

British Friendly joins PRIMIS protection panel

PRIMIS has announced the addition of British Friendly’s range of income protection products to...

FCA proposes new PPI mailing requirements

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued final guidance that clarifies its expectations about...

Guardian Financial Services joins PRIMIS & PTFS panels

PRIMIS and Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) have added Guardian Financial Services to their...

FCA launches general insurance market study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined the issues it will focus on as...

Mortgage Advice Bureau adopts PreQuo and SolutionBuilder

Mortgage Advice Bureau has selected iPipeline's protection sales support tool, PreQuo and its protection...

Uinsure unveils Direct Apply facility

Uinsure has revised its application process to allow advisers’ clients to apply for a...

Paymentshield integrates with The Key

A new integration allows all direct users of Mortgage Brain’s POS, CRM and compliance...

L&G improves online protection application process

Legal & General has made an upgrade to its intermediary case management system, Online...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Pepper Money raises £545m through RMBS deal

Pepper Money has raised £545 million through the capital markets as part of its...

The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

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