Norwich Union joins Premier Mortgage Services (Insurance Business Review)
Norwich Union has joined the Premier Mortgage Services panel, in a move that will see the Aviva-owned insurer offer specialist IFA rates to all members of the panel.

Derrick Hollie, CEO Of GA1, Participates in 3rd Annual Mortgage Lending Industry Emerging Markets & Diversity Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Global Advertising 1st is pleased to announce Derrick Hollie's participation in this year's Mortgage Lending Industry Emerging Markets & Diversity Conference.

Greg Frost Joins First Houston Mortgage (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----First Houston Mortgage, a mortgage banking firm licensed in 18 states that offers expertise in every aspect of the residential mortgage lending process, has added Greg Frost as partner for the state of New Mexico.

Block's mortgage unit loses access to billions in credit (BizJournals)
H&R Block Inc.'s Option One Mortgage Corp. subsidiary lost billions of dollars in available credit from various lenders. (HRB)

Smith joins New South's retail mortgage team (BizJournals)
T. Donnell Smith has joined New South Federal Savings Bank as senior vice president of Retail Mortgage Lending. Smith spent an 18-years stint at Market Street Mortgage as the executive vice president of production before joining New South Federal Savings.