Protection

Cirencester Friendly appoints new director of customer experience

Cirencester Friendly has created a new position of director of customer experience. Michelle West-Wiggins, the...

Hodge improves 50+, RIO and holiday let criteria

Hodge has made major changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday...

Stonebridge reveals details of 2024 National Conference and Awards

Stonebridge has published details of its 2024 National Conference Agenda, the evening Awards Dinner...

Scottish Widows joins CIExpert’s insight zones

CIExpert has announced that Scottish Widows has become the ninth insurer to join its...

360 Dotnet and HLPartnership renew partnership

360 Dotnet, the platform used by over 6,000 advisers, has announced the renewal of...

Q&A: Peter Hubbard, The Exeter 

BestAdvice fires the questions at Peter Hubbard, chair of The Exeter.  BestAdvice (BA): You’re a...

Right DA Club outlines 2024 webinar programme

The Right DA Club has published details of its online webinar programme for 2024. ...

Royal London makes key protection appointments

Royal London has appointed two senior roles in its protection business. Fiona Wynn has...

Towergate Health & Protection adds Solutions Healthcare to boost Scottish presence

Solutions Healthcare Ltd, a whole of market healthcare insurance broker, serving commercial clients and...

Right Mortgage appoints protection development manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club has announced the appointment of...

HSBC Life (UK) makes positive mental illness underwriting change

HSBC Life (UK) has introduced new digital rules for mental illness disclosures made during...

Legal & General Retail claims CMO report “signals a new era of workplace wellbeing”

Legal & General Retail has announced the publication of the inaugural edition in a...

Guardian introduces new Life Essentials protection product

Guardian’s new low-cost life cover, Life Essentials, is now available on Guardian’s quote and...

Sesame Bankhall Group partners with Holloway Friendly

Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), have announced...
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COMMENT

Comment

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

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...

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Economy

Halifax says house prices slipped in March as market lost early spring momentum

UK house prices fell in March and annual growth slowed, with Halifax saying geopolitical...
Appointments

StreamBank hires Paula Purdy and Gary Lomax for northern sales roles

StreamBank has appointed Paula Purdy and Gary Lomax to senior sales roles covering the...
News

First-time buyer demand picks up in early 2026 despite limited supply

First-time buyer demand increased in the first quarter of 2026, according to research from...
News

Modified affordability remortgages more than double after FCA rule change

The number of borrowers switching to a new lender using modified affordability assessments more...

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