Protection

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes -...

Savings gap widens as protection message fails to land

A growing number of UK households are dangerously exposed to income shocks despite advisers...

Only one in three adviser firms clear on CQC standards for added value cancer support

Research suggests many UK advice businesses remain uncertain about the significance of CQC registration...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

JammJar sets out Winter26 platform changes ahead of live launch

JammJar has outlined new functionality coming to its Winter26 platform update ahead of a...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

Midlands brokers confident of stronger year ahead, Primis survey finds

Mortgage brokers across the Midlands are entering 2026 in a notably positive mood, with...

Stonebridge opens Derby hub to deepen Midlands talent pool

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has opened a new regional hub in Derby as...

TRM Network reports strong growth as it marks 11 years

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has reported year-on-year growth across all major product...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an...

Rosemount Financial Solutions reports record growth in 2025

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has reported a record-breaking year in 2025, with revenues rising...

FCA targets insurance industry over widening protection gap

The City watchdog has challenged insurers to do more to protect British households, warning...

Stonebridge posts sector-leading network growth

Stonebridge has recruited more firms than any other mortgage and protection network for the...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

The Mortgage Works signals buy-to-let rate reductions

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected...

Accord reduces residential and buy-to-let rates

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges. The intermediary-only lender said...

Leek BS launches five-year buy-to-let fixed rate

Leek Building Society has added a five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage to its intermediary...

LendInvest unveils 10bps buy-to-let rate cuts

LendInvest Mortgages has reduced rates across its two-year and five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let products by...

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