Protection

HLPartnership appoints in-house protection guru

HLPartnership has announced the appointment of Steve Fallon as its in-house protection expert to...

LV= pays out £309k for claim lasting 35 years

LV= has revealed that it paid out over £309,000 for a single income protection...

National Friendly adds full income protection policy

National Friendly has launched a full income protection policy, adding to its recently launched...

Direct Life appoints chief commercial officer

Direct Life has announced the appointment of Iain Clark as chief commercial officer. He will...

The Exeter appoints head of strategic partnerships

Health and protection insurer, The Exeter, has announced the appointment of Jamie Page as...

The Exeter simplifies life cover

The Exeter has announced a simplification of its life insurance cover, with its Real...

Principality BS partners with protection specialist 

The Principality Building Society has partnered with protection specialists Vita to provide their clients...

Covid has not caused a spike in protection demand

The Covid-19 pandemic has not led into a rise of requests for protection, despite...

Iress adds Features enhancement to income protection

Iress has introduced an improvement to its quote and apply software The Exchange, enabling...

Aviva offers digital protection dashboard for advisers

Aviva has joined CIExpert's newly-launched Insight Zone. This offers a digital dashboard to streamline an adviser’s protection...

Cirencester Friendly launches IP health support benefits

Cirencester Friendly has launched YourHalo to its income protection members. YourHalo (Your Health and Lifestyle...

VIBE Specialist Finance unveils regulated mortgage and protection offering

VIBE Specialist Finance has created a new regulated mortgage and protection division to add...

Shepherds Friendly boosts benefits to IP members

Shepherds Friendly has partnered with healthcare charity, Nuffield Health, to offer a range of...

Cirencester Friendly begins search for new CEO

Paul Hudson, Cirencester Friendly's CEO, is to retire in April 2023, at which point...
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COMMENT

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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...

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The Vernon creates chief customer officer role with new appointment

Vernon Building Society has appointed Louise Thorpe as its first chief customer officer. Thorpe (pictured)...
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HLPartnership adds Afin Bank to panel

HLPartnership has added Afin Bank to its lender panel, giving advisers across the network...
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Mortgage Advice Bureau buys HomeOwners Alliance in push to reach buyers earlier

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has bought consumer platform HomeOwners Alliance as it looks to...
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UK adults report sharp fall in sense of safety as global tensions fuel anxiety

Almost half of UK adults said in March they feel less safe than they...

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