Protection

LV= undertakes customer service apprenticeship scheme

LV= has started a Financial Services Apprenticeship Programme for customer service teams working within...

PPI firm gets TV ad banned

A television advert from a PPI claims management firm has been banned. The ad for...

L&G boosts Group Income Protection offering

Legal & General has embarked upon a new partnership with physiotherapy specialists Physioworld. Founded...

PPI could be biggest consumer financial scandal ever

PPI now on course to be the biggest consumer financial scandal of all time,...

L&G outlines group protection approach to auto-enrolment

Legal & General has published details over its approach to auto-enrolment when it become...

L&G publishes latest heart disease stats

Legal & General has published the latest in its series of analyses of its...

LV= builds gender and I-E website for advisers

LV= has launched a website for advisers on the forthcoming gender directive and I-E...

Parents’ savings being squeezed by kids

Over 4.4 million British adults are getting financial support from their parents, according to...

L&G offers income protection product via direct channel

Legal & General is now offering its Lifestyle Cover directly to consumers. The 'short-term' income...

Ageas Protect offers ‘G-Day protection promise’

Ageas Protect has unveils what it has called its 'G-day protection promise' to support...

Aviva improves cancer pledge

Following a review of the way the reduced cover option is applied, Aviva customers...

Advisers see opportunities from gender directive

IFAs believe that the opportunities posed by the forthcoming gender directive, set to come...

Mortgage Brain offers link to MMS’s Keystone products

Mortgage Brain has teamed up with Marketing and Management Services Ltd (MMS) to give...

The Hinckley & Rugby bemoans false PPI workload

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has highlighted how it is being bombarded with...

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

Mercantile Trust promotes Nina Kainth to head of sales

Mercantile Trust has promoted Nina Kainth to head of sales, bringing its business development...

Gatehouse exits BTR platform to fuel home finance growth

Gatehouse Financial Group has sold its build-to-rent platform to Apollo in a move designed...

Regulators set out framework for higher loan-to-income lending as cap is eased

The Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have published proposals setting out how...

Planning delays and tax burden undermine housing viability, says RSM UK

RSM UK has called on government to reassess planning reforms and tax policy after...

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