Mortgage and insurance network, Stonebridge, has announced record mortgage completions of £8bn in 2019, with lending volumes up by 11%.

Paymentshield and Uinsure have both retained a 5-star Defaqto rating on their home insurance products.

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network and SortRefer have both announced a record-breaking start to 2020.

Paymentshield has added more accurate ‘quick quotes’ for home insurance to its Adviser Hub.

OneFamily has updated its Over 50s life cover to include its funeral funding feature.

Tenet has employed a further two mentors to its development programme for trainee mortgage and protection advisers.

Paymentshield has added two new customer-facing resources to its online Marketing Toolkit for advisers.

iPipeline has partnered with Protection Guru to launch a new service which allows advisers to compare products on quality as well as price.

Protection specialist Assurant Intermediary has launched its first online training programme.

As I begin writing this piece on Blue Monday, it seems timely to reflect on how far mental health acceptance has come over the past few years.