Protection

New BDM for National Friendly

National Friendly has announced the appointment of Toney Quinn as business development manager. The Bristol-based friendly...

Cancer cover claims crash due to Covid

LV= has seen a major decrease in cancer claims due to the impact of...

Sesame adds seven providers to protection panel

Sesame Network has expanded its protection panel, with 16 providers now available to its...

Mortgage Magic integrates iPipeline into broker proposition

Mortgage Magic's CRM and mortgage management platform has integrated a number of iPipeline’s webservice...

AIG Life moves to simplify critical illness

AIG Life has introduced what it claims to be a different approach to critical...

HSBC unveils virtual healthcare support for life customers

Existing HSBC Life Protection policyholders in the UK will now receive additional physical and...

LV= pays out £6m in Covid claims

LV= has paid out over £6m in coronavirus-related income protection and death claims to...

Staff from smaller firms want mental wellbeing support

Research from WorkLife, OpenMoney's employee benefits service, has found that mental wellbeing support is the...

Stonebridge launches new performance dashboards for Revolution

Stonebridge has  launched newly-designed Performance Dashboards on its trading platform, Revolution, alongside the completion...

The Exeter unveils client education tool for IP

The Exeter has launched the ‘Income first’ toolkit which provides resources to help advisers...

The Exeter extends PMI enhanced cash benefit

Health and protection insurer, the Exeter, has announced the extension of its enhanced cash benefit...

Guardian appoints two new directors

Protection provider Guardian has hired Hilary Banks, current divisional director at Vitality, to the...

Medical Solutions partners with Cirencester Friendly

Medical Solutions has partnered with Cirencester Friendly to launch ‘GP24’, a 24/7 virtual GP...

PMS adds sextet to protection panel

PMS Mortgage Club has expanded its Zenith protection panel for directly authorised (DA) firms...
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COMMENT

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...

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Building Societies

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
Building Societies

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...
Buy-to-let

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...
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Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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