Mortgage 1st launches specialist protection arm

Headed up by Dave Corbett

Hemma Visavadia
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Advisory firm Mortgage 1st has launched Protection 1st, a specialist protection arm of the business targeted at better supporting customers with protection needs.

Protection 1st will be headed up by Dave Corbett who joins the advisory from The Money Group, where he held the role of recruitment and brand development director. Corbett was also regional sales director at Primis Mortgage Network, and regional business manager at the Tenet Group. Jon Stones, managing director, Mortgage 1st said: "Our aim at Mortgage 1st is to provide the best possible service to our clients and also the offering to our advisers.  There is no better way to do that than to enhance the protection offering and process we currently have as a brand." "The FCA are looki...

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