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OMS launches protection referral partnership with The Insurance Surgery

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders,...

New product launches bring renewed competition to protection market

The protection market has seen a flurry of product launches in recent weeks, with...

The Exeter reports premium and membership growth in 2025

The Exeter increased gross premium income by 8% to £135 million in 2025, while...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of...

Beagle Street enters intermediary market with protection proposition

Beagle Street has launched into the intermediary market, marking a significant expansion for the...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle...

Omni Protect appoints Caspian as referral partner

Omni Protect has appointed Caspian Insurance as its endorsed protection referral partner for firms...

CIExpert partners with Succession Wealth on protection advice

Protection research platform CIExpert has entered into a strategic partnership with Succession Wealth aimed...

L&G protection claims top £1.38bn in 2025

L&G paid more than £1.388 billion across more than 26,000 retail protection and group...

Single-insurer protection deals risk damaging consumer trust, LifeSearch says

Single-tie life insurance arrangements risk undermining consumer trust and reducing protection take-up, according to...

The Exeter appoints Gary Warman as CFO

Health and life insurer The Exeter has appointed Gary Warman as Chief Financial Officer...

iPipeline adds feature badges to SolutionBuilder protection portal

iPipeline has launched Feature Badging on SolutionBuilder, its protection quote and research portal, to...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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