Protection

Pink to hold protection masterclasses

Pink has begun a fortnight of protection 'masterclasses' for its ARs. The network...

Is apathy a broker’s greatest threat to business development?

Diversification has been something of a buzzword for mortgage brokers in recent times as...

Lloyds’ PPI “failure” compounds mistrust in banks

Citizens Advice has warned that consumers could be thousands of pounds out of pocket...

Ageas Protect appoints national sales and strategy manager

Ageas Protect has appointed Nick Erskine to the role of national sales and strategy...

Pair offering business protection to First Complete

PruProtect and Ageas have launched a business protection proposition for First Complete advisers to...

PruProtect unveils app for iPad-using advisers

PruProtect has launched a new iPad app for financial advisers. The app is aimed at...

Michael Vaughan to head up PruProtect Chance to Ride event

Former England cricket captain, Michael Vaughan, will lead a host of celebrity friends and...

UK workforce more financially exposed today

Employees of today are more likely to fall into financial difficulty than they were...

Bright Grey widens Relevant Life Plan access

Bright Grey has launched its Relevant Life Plan as a separate product. The...

LV= offers ‘unique’ critical illness benefits

LV= has improved its critical illness (CI) cover. The changes include increasing the number of...

Scottish Widows publishes IP claims data for first time

Scottish Widows paid out 98% of life and 88% of critical illness claims last...

Record number of new complaint cases for FOS

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) handled 2,161,439 initial enquiries and complaints from consumers over...

Improved CI offering from Bright Grey

Bright Grey has improved its critical illness definition for cancer for personal and business...

Holloway Friendly unveils 24-hour support package

Holloway Friendly has launched a 24-hour advice and information service for its income protection...

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

Mortgage rates surge and product choice shrinks as Iran conflict jolts market

New data from Moneyfacts shows the impact of the Iran conflict has been both...

Advisers told to tighten processes as rate volatility squeezes mortgage options

Advisers are being urged to sharpen their processes as lenders continue to withdraw products...

Conveyancer shortage threatens to slow homebuying process

Falling conveyancer numbers and rising transaction volumes are increasing pressure on the homebuying process,...

Sesame rolls out OneView adviser platform to bring core tools into one system

Sesame has launched a new web-based adviser platform, OneView, designed to bring core tools,...

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