Protection

Royal London paid out 94% in critical illness claims

Royal London's UK Intermediary protection business has paid out £132 million to critical illness...

Strong growth for Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly paid out 94% of claims in 2014, with sick pay benefit totalling...

Stonebridge reports protection activity growth

Stonebridge Group has announced continued growth in protection activity and commission levels over the...

First Complete launches PMI panel

First Complete has launched a panel of Private Medical Insurance (PMI) providers, an addition...

Paradigm partners with ActiveQuote

Paradigm Protect, the protection proposition for advisory firms, has begun a new introducer relationship...

Barclays posts 26% fall in quarterly profits

Barclays has reported a pre-tax profit before tax for the first quarter of 2015...

FSE Manchester seminar programme revealed

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has outlined the seminar programme for the event, which...

Paradigm announces lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the first 2015 quarterly winners of its lender and provider awards. The...

Exeter Family Friendly paid 94% of IP claims

Mutual income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has revealed that 94% of all claims...

Why the network model is not dead

Perhaps understandably there has been a lot of focus (once again) on the future...

Paradigm on the road to Yorkshire

In April, Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, will be attending and hosting...

Citizens Advice calls for end to “PPI scandal”

Citizens Advice has called on the banking industry to end the PPI scandal once...

New breast cancer only CI policy launched

Holloway Friendly has joined forces with financial services software company IfApps to launch a breast cancer...

My Earnings Insurance added to Personal Touch panel

Cirencester Friendly’s income protection product, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to the Personal...

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Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh wave of tariffs could end up doing UK landlords a...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...