Protection

YuLife joins Paradigm Protect panel

Paradigm Protect has added group insurance specialist, YuLife, to its panel. YuLife provide a range...

British Friendly unveils fracture cover for income protection

British Friendly has announced the launch of its fracture cover, an optional benefit that can...

Shepherds Friendly selects Nuffield Health for rehabilitation support

Shepherds Friendly is extending its partnership with Nuffield Health, with the latter to now...

Legal & General recruits chief medical officer

Legal & General Group Protection has announced the appointment of Dr Tarun Gupta to...

Quality of product is top insurance-buying priority

According to new figures from the Exeter, 99% of customers said that the quality...

White paper on cost-of-living challenge published for advisers

Guardian has published a white paper, On The Front Foot, designed to help advisers...

Guardian appointed as L&C preferred provider

Guardian has secured a place as one of L&C’s Preferred Critical Illness Providers. L&C's...

Advisers struggle with children’s CI option comparisons

CIExpert’s Adviser Watch has found that 31% of advisers struggle to understand the different...

MAB acquires majority shareholding in Auxilium

Mortgage Advice Bureau has acquired a 75% shareholding in the Auxilium Partnership, a specialist...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network bolsters Consumer Duty support

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched additional support for members following the...

The Exeter introduces lower cost healthcare alternative

Protection and health insurer, the Exeter, has announced the inclusion of a new guided...

Royal London bolsters mental health underwriting

Royal London has unveiled a series of changes to its mental health underwriting philosophy....

Legal & General Group Protection launches Wellbeing Advisory Board

Legal & General Group Protection has formed a new Wellbeing Advisory Board, covering a...

Just Mortgages sounds protection warning

Just Mortgages has warned there is a risk of a shortfall in protection cover...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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...

Latest news

Help to Buy benefits skewed towards higher earners, IFS finds

Government-backed Help to Buy schemes delivered modest improvements in housing affordability, with the gains...

Buying still £500 cheaper than renting despite rates above 5%

Mortgage affordability continues to outperform renting despite rates pushing back above 5%, as lenders...

Property auctions post strong March as sales and funds raised climb

Property auction activity gathered pace in March, with both sales volumes and money raised...

Santander cuts higher loan-to-value rates for first-time buyers and movers

Santander is cutting rates across a wide range of higher loan-to-value mortgage products from...

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