Protection

Optimal launches group life product

Optimal has launched a new group life policy for small businesses, called Simple Group...

Webline adds My Earnings Insurance

My Earnings Insurance, Cirencester Friendly’s income protection contract, has been added to protection and...

PTFS partners with iPipeline

Personal Touch Financial Services has announced a new partnership with technology supplier iPipeline to integrate the SolutionBuilder protection...

Make sure you’re not neglecting protection

There is continued political focus on the level of house prices rising across the...

PPI calls are top money nuisance for Brits

Nuisance mis-sold PPI calls top the list of the country's biggest money-related gripes, according...

Optimal appoints BDM for the south

Optimal Protection has appointed Iain Watts as business development manager (BDM) to cover the...

Major repercussions from late payment proposals

Proposals from the government to penalise insurers who do not pay claims promptly and...

Stonebridge Group hails record quarterly results

Stonebridge Group has reported a record set of quarterly results, especially within in its...

Lloyds PPI ad complaints rejected

Complaints made by Lloyds Banking Group to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have been...

The Exeter improves IP offering

The Exeter (formally known as Exeter Family Friendly) has made additions to its Pure...

Citizens Advice wants PPI publicity push

Citizens Advice has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announcement that it will...

FCA proposes PPI claim deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to consult, by the end of the...

New protection ratings launched by Defaqto

Defaqto has launched its 2015 Protection Service Ratings to provide an unbiased assessment of...

Aegon improves Simply Life process

Aegon says it has improved its digital life insurance solution, Simply Life, to ensure...

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 Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

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