Critical Illness

Reframe Cancer appoints new marketing director

Reframe Cancer, the specialist cancer navigation provider, has appointed Denise Wond as marketing director. She...

L&G partners with Microsoft to roll out AI-driven customer service platform

Legal & General has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to develop an AI-powered customer...

Economic pressures driving emotional strain around financial decisions, AMI research reveals

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has found that the UK’s economic climate is...

Guardian widens access to life and critical illness cover

Guardian has relaxed its eligibility criteria for life and critical illness policies in a...

Rising sick leave issues as long-term absence costs top £20k per worker

The majority of UK businesses are increasingly anxious about the impact of sickness absence...

Paradigm Protect partners with Defaqto to strengthen product switching oversight

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection arm of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has launched a...

Fintel launches Omnicore standalone distribution platform

Fintel has launched an intelligent distribution platform designed to provide a strategic conduit between...

TMG unveils AI-led mortgage and protection proposition for advisers

TMG Mortgage Network has launched a new mortgage and protection proposition that places artificial...

HSBC expands critical illness cover with wider NHS waiting list protection

HSBC has unveiled a series of enhancements to its critical illness policies, extending cover...

iPipeline expands ‘advanced underwriting’ to whole adviser market

iPipeline has extended its advanced underwriting feature to all advisers using its SolutionBuilder platform,...

AS Financial rebrands to showcase growth beyond mortgages

AS Financial, the London-based financial advisory firm, has unveiled a bold new brand identity...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about...

Novium adds L&G’s critical illness cover to sourcing platform

Advisers using Novium’s protection sourcing platform can now quote Legal & General’s critical illness...

Acre expands partnership with Iress to include protection sourcing

Acre has strengthened its ties with fintech provider Iress by selecting the firm to...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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