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SourceLet offers free tenant referencing trial

SourceLet is offering letting agents and landlords the opportunity a free trial of its...

Exeter Family Friendly reveals claims data

Income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly paid 92% of all claims presented in 2013. Highlights...

LV= Broker unveils SME insurance product

LV= Broker is offering a new retail insurance product, which provides cover for a...

SimplyBiz endorses Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander has been awarded SimplyBiz ‘GI Partner of the Year’ for the second...

Aviva improves heart attack definition

Aviva has enhanced its heart attack definition on new critical illness policies. This means it...

MMR to provide protection sales boost

LifeQuote has predicted an increase in protection sales as a result of the Mortgage...

Universal Cover criteria extended

British Money, the firm behind the newly-launched protection policy Universal Cover, has extended its...

Fall in FCA complaints

Barclays Bank Plc has once again topped the table for complaints. The bank received...

LV= joins First Complete protection panel

LV= has become a full member of First Complete’s protection panel, bringing the number...

SimplyBiz Group unveils Protection Academy

The SimplyBiz Group has announced the launch of its Protection Academy, aimed at...

Exeter Family Friendly expands IP pricing options

Exeter Family Friendly has launched a level premium option on its Income One income...

Ageas Protect publishes its critical illness stats

Ageas Protect paid out 89.3% of critical illness (CI) and children’s CI protection claims...

Gr8 move by insurer, lol

Columbus Direct, the travel insurance specialist, has re-vamped and updated its entire policy wording...

Paradigm Protect to hold Twitter debate

Paradigm Protect, the newly launched protection proposition for advisory firms, is to hold a...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

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Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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