Protection

“Strong year” for Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly has reported an annual increase in premium income, membership and funds under...

Don’t widen the protection gap

There’s always a considerable amount of talk in the adviser market about product diversification,...

People expect to be fit for work for longer

UK workers expect to be physically capable of doing their jobs until past their...

PRIMIS begins registration for summer protection workshops

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has opened registration for its June series of summer protection workshops. The...

L&G revamps income protection offering

Legal & General has made a number of updates to its income protection (IP)...

PRIMIS adopts SolutionBuilder for its protection proposition

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has adopted iPipeline's protection sourcing solution, SolutionBuilder, across its entire network. SolutionBuilder...

Sesame and PMS launch campaign to improve protection conversations

Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club have launched its 2019 Rewire Routines campaign to...

Legal & General paid £332.7m in life claims in 2018

Legal & General has published data showing how much it paid out on individual...

Paradigm reveals 2019 lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect, the mortgage services and protection propositions, have announced...

Cirencester Friendly expands executive team

Cirencester Friendly has made two appointments to support its growing presence in the income...

L&G reveals group protection stats for 2018

Legal & General paid a total of £292m in Group Protection claims in 2018. The...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network partners with Best Insurance

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has embarked upon a partnership with Best Insurance,...

iPipeline grows distribution team

iPipeline is expanding its distribution team to support growth within the protection market. Andy Milburn...

FIBA introduces block PI scheme

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has launched its own block PI scheme...

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

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

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

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

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

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...

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...

PROFILES