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A booming housing market is leading to an increase in protection sales and advisers say it is now easier to have conversations with mortgage customers due to concerns around the pandemic. But...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Direct Line Group CEO Penny James as chairwoman of its practitioner panel. James (pictured) has been a panel member since September 2020 and will take...

Rutherford Health, an independent provider of advanced cancer care in the UK, has offered its treatment and diagnostic services to the NHS on a not-for-profit basis for the next three years. The...

Sun Life US has appointed Irlande Audenier (pictured) as vice president for group and voluntary claims. In her new role, Audenier will provide strategic direction for the group claims organisation and also...

Professional services and consultancy firm Moray Group has launched a new financial arm which will offer protection insurance and mortgage advice. The Moray Financial division will be led by newly appointed managing...

The Santé Group has promoted Tony Ford to the board of its life insurance business, Santé Life. Ford (pictured) started with Nugent Santé as a consultant in 2014 before moving into Santé...

Spectrum.Life has secured a contract to provide digital health and wellbeing support to members of health insurer Benenden Health. It is the company's first deal with a UK insurer. Under the contract,...

The Exeter has signed up to the Vulnerable Customer Charter, developed by the UK Financial Vulnerability Taskforce (FVT) to promote greater understanding and establish best practices in respect of consumer vulnerability. The...

LSL Property Services and Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) both added hundreds of advisers to their networks in last year. LSL Property Services revealed its Primis network of financial advisers has increased by...

Cromwell Hospital has opened an international endometriosis treatment centre while HCA Healthcare has invested £7m in four new surgical robots. Cromwell Hospital's new international centre will help women get a diagnosis and...