Protection

Lack of personal protection for young women

Younger women are still not financially protecting themselves against breast cancer, the most common...

Engage Mutual releases £5k before probate

Engage Mutual has launched an adviser campaign to show how it can make quicker...

Paradigm to hold Belfast roundtable event

Paradigm Mortgage Services is heading back to Belfast for its next mortgage and protection...

XRAE now offering critical illness sourcing

Critical illness is now available via iPipeline's new indicative underwriting decision tool, XRAE, which is...

Lack of protection take-up by renters

People living in rented houses are far less likely to have certain financial products...

TMA unveils profit share scheme

TMA has launched a profit share scheme for the advisers that use it. ...

Aviva publishes third behavioural science book

Aviva will launch its third New Thinking business book, aimed at helping advisers...

Royal London hires protection design head

Royal London has announced the appointment of Debbie Kennedy as its head of protection...

Zurich launches support service

Zurich has unveiled a free and confidential support service for its protection customers and...

Openwork agrees MetLife distribution deal

MetLife and Openwork have agreed to the transfer of up to 930 of...

SunLife: Brits want straightforward, affordable life insurance

New research by SunLife has found that complexity could be putting millions off choosing...

Redundancy waivers – good idea or marketing gimmick?

Last month, one of our newest building societies launched the UK’s first ever mortgage...

Exeter Family to launch new underwriting system

Exeter Family Friendly has become the first provider to integrate UnderwriteMe’s new underwriting...

Zurich extends critical illness term

Zurich has increased the maximum term for its critical illness cover from 30 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...

PROFILES