Protection

Aviva offers improved employee counselling services

Aviva has broadened its free Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for Group Income Protection clients. This...

Appointment news at Holloway Friendly

Holloway Friendly has announced the appointment of two new staff from Lutine Assurance. The protection...

Paradigm introduces monthly awards

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched its new Lender and Provider of the Month Awards. They...

Canada Life opens up Early Intervention Service availability

Canada Life Group Insurance has expanded its Early Intervention Service, first piloted in 2008,...

Exeter Family Friendly expands Protection Path tool

Specialist protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has introduced a new suite of material for...

Provider award for Scottish Life

Scottish Life has been given the Provider of the Year 2013 award following a...

L&G offers group protection calculator

Legal & General has unveiled a new online group protection calculator. It provides "instant" quotations...

Exeter Family Friendly unveils income protection tool

Exeter Family Friendly has launched an online tool called the Financial Forecast Calculator to...

East Grinstead first stop for Paradigm round tables

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published details of the first of its 2014 round table...

New homeowner ASU product from Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander has expanded its range of Accident, Sickness and Unemployment (ASU) protection products...

Brits hit by unexpected expenses

Three quarters of Brits have been hit with an unexpected expense in the past...

Brits choose pets over protection

People are twice as likely to hold pet insurance (21%) than they are a...

Call for tighter regulation of claims firms

Citizens Advice has welcomed new legislation to help consumers challenge unfair treatment by claims...

Lloyds Banking Group fined £28m

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds TSB Bank plc and Bank of...

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

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...

Pure Retirement targets introducer growth with new adviser marketing tools

Pure Retirement has launched a suite of introducer-focused resources aimed at helping advisers expand...

UTB widens criteria on benefits income and later life lending

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced further changes to its residential and second charge...

Keystone restores fixed rate buy-to-let products as market stabilises

Keystone Property Finance has brought back fixed rate options across its buy-to-let range, widening...

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