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Paradigm announces sixth annual award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect have revealed the winners of its annual Lender...

Covid-19: LV= unveils premium reduction option

LV= is introducing a premium reduction option for existing protection policyholders. The provider said the...

L&G urges customers with critical illness symptoms to seek medical advice

Legal & General has echoed the NHS’ call for people experiencing symptoms of a...

Protection market expected to grow despite economic uncertainty

Advisers are expecting strong growth across the individual protection market as a whole and...

L&G reveals individual claims data for 2019

Legal & General paid out £731m across its Life, Critical Illness Cover, Terminal Illness...

Individual protection payouts at LV= top £100m

LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling £100 million during 2019. It supported more than...

LV= unveils protection payment break

LV= is introducing ‘payment break’ financial support for qualifying existing members with LV= protection...

Covid-19: LV= makes underwriting changes to protection

LV= has introduced a range of changes to the way it underwrites income protection,...

Royal London enhances critical illness proposition

Royal London has made changes to its critical illness and children’s critical illness cover...

CURA Financial Services joins Primis panel

Primis Mortgage Network has welcomed protection intermediary, CURA Financial Services, onto its panel. Advisers in...

L&G signs up to ‘Claims Charter’

Legal & General has signed up to The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) ‘Claims Charter’. Launched...

Record payouts for MetLife UK’s MultiProtect

2019 claim figures for MetLife UK’s MultiProtect policy reached a record high. MetLife UK paid...

Older homebuyers most at risk from lack of protection advice

Canada Life research has found that 13% of homebuyers who purchased their mortgage via...

Mental wellbeing support not valued by employees

49% of employers believe that mental health is the biggest health and wellbeing challenge...

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Tom Bill: Unintended consequences

Former Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced a brick tax in 1784 to pay for the American War of Independence. Manufacturers were charged by...

U.S. Market: lower rates are needed to help unlock the market

When Donald Trump was reelected and took office at the start of this year, we knew it was going to be interesting! The property market...

A home shouldn’t be out of reach for those who keep the UK running

In a housing market that has grown steadily more selective, it is often those who arguably help keep the country running who are quietly...

Richard Pike: A conference of positivity – Global ABS Day three

It’s time for reflection of the last three days here in Barca. To readers, this must seem like a pretty decent gig to be...

Maximising embedded value and delivering a great service

While advisers understand the importance of looking after existing clients, nurturing your back book beyond that mortgage-remortgage cycle is certainly easier said than done. It...

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LiveMore appoints Midlands key account manager

LiveMore has appointed James Green as its new key account manager for the Midlands. Green...

Movera launches academy to support conveyancing talent

Movera, the group behind ONP Solicitors, has launched a new flexible training academy following...

L&C Mortgages joins Open Property Data Association to champion smarter, faster homebuying

L&C Mortgages has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an association member. L&C...

Tom Bill: Unintended consequences

Former Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced a brick tax in 1784 to...