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VitalityLife unveils Vitality Nurse and Wellness Optimiser

VitalityLife has announced two new developments for the protection market: Vitality Nurse and Wellness...

Paradigm awards lenders and providers

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the third-yearly winners and runners-up from its Lender and Provider...

Mixed response to bereavement support changes

The government has announced changes to bereavement support payments. The Department for Work & Pensions...

Scottish Widows backs paperless guidelines

Scottish Widows has welcomed the ABI’s guidelines on electronic paperless requests for medical information...

Scottish Widows to use electronic GP reports

Scottish Widows has introduced electronic General Practitioner (GP) reports into its protection policy underwriting...

Life providers increasingly requiring email addresses

LifeQuote says it will support advisers whose clients do not have an email address,...

Majority of women have no protection at all

For 28% women in the UK, the inability to support themselves or their families...

Myriad reasons for taking out over-50s life cover

People buy over-50s life cover on attitude, as much as age, according to a new...

Scottish Widows announces fund refresh

Scottish Widows has made a number of changes to its fund range as part of its ‘Driving...

SunLife acquisition completed

Specialist over-50s insurer SunLife has completed its sale from AXA to become part of...

Zurich reveals GI and life claims data

Zurich has revealed that over £1 billion was paid out in claims during the...

Advisers expect worsening protection gap

72% of IFAs believe there is a growing threat of people not having enough...

Life insurance gap revealed

44% of people with children aged 18 or under, and/ or who are married...

Protection importance highlighted in Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Nearly 60,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year, equivalent to one...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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