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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...

Best Insurance launches simplified life product with nine-question underwriting

Protection specialist Best Insurance has launched a new single-life policy designed to make life...

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...

Guardian names new COO as it strengthens leadership team

Guardian has appointed Gower Wisdom as its new chief operating officer, effective 1 November,...

CIExpert’s campaign against joint life policies gathers widespread support

CIExpert’s “Single is Best” campaign has passed a major milestone, with more than 100...

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...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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