Protection

Mortgage Matters Direct partners with Acre

Mortgage Matters Direct (MMD) has cemented a new relationship with Acre, which will see...

L&G Wellbeing Advisory Board unveils new cost of living guide

Legal & General Group Protection’s Wellbeing Advisory Board has launched a new cost of...

Royal London appoints specialist protection distribution team head

Royal London has appointed Jon Fuller as head of specialist protection distribution to lead...

Cirencester Friendly achieves Investors in People’s gold accreditation

Cirencester Friendly has been awarded 'We Invest in People Gold Accreditation' by Investors in...

Right Mortgage Network & DA Club to hold sales roadshows

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have provided details of two...

HLPartnership acquires mortgage and protection network

HLPartnership has announced the acquisition of AFP Partnership, a mortgage and protection network based...

Royal London paid out £631m for protection claims in 2023

Mutual insurer, Royal London, paid out on average over £52m a month on protection...

Legal & General pays out record retail protection claims for 2022

Legal & General paid out an average of over £2.4m retail protection claims a...

The Exeter’s healthcare distribution head joins AMII

Protection and health insurer, the Exeter, has announced that its head of healthcare distribution,...

L&G to return to commission on authorisation for protection products

Legal & General is returning its protection commission structure to the commission on policy...

The Exeter paid out 92% of 2022 new claims

The Exeter has published its income protection claims data for 2022, revealing that £9.9...

Gen Z off sick more than older peers

Health Shield Friendly Society has found that the youngest employees in the workforce, those...

PMS partners with Cirencester Friendly

PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, has boosted its protection offering with...

New head of wellbeing for Towergate Health & Protection

Towergate Health & Protection has announced the appointment of Debra Clark to its newly...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Latest news

Second-steppers take larger mortgages as deposits shrink

Home movers are turning to higher loan-to-value mortgages as rising property prices and smaller...

Property industry urged to help shape smart data rules

Property businesses are being urged to respond to a government call for evidence that...

Northern first-time buyers pay £10k price for delaying purchase

First-time buyers in northern cities risk losing thousands of pounds by postponing a purchase,...

Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

Virgin Money will increase residential and buy-to-let product transfer fixed rates on Friday, 24...

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