Protection

Ageas Protect extends protection to the life of another

Ageas Protect is now allowing protection customers to insure the life of another person...

Protection gulf between the sexes widens

Women around the country are undervaluing the amount they are worth and failing to...

Holloway Friendly unveils new IT system

Holloway Friendly has upgraded its IT systems, with the aim of making quotations and...

Exeter Family Friendly paid 95% of IP claims

Income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has released its claims statistics for 2012. The mutual...

LV= and Tenet Group strengthen partnership

LV= has improved its partnership with the Tenet Group. LV= regional sales teams will now...

L&G beefs up critical illness proposition

Legal & General is improving its Defaqto 5 star Rated Critical Illness Cover (CIC). It...

Bright Grey offers birthday giveaway

Bright Grey is to introduce a special offer for customers to mark its 10th...

SBG hosts Mortgage Extra Live events

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is this month hosting a series of mortgage seminars across...

L&G adds counselling to Group IP offering

Legal & General is now including free face-to-face counselling as part of its Group...

‘D2C’ seen as biggest challenge to protection market

42% of intermediaries see the rise of direct to consumer (D2C) propositions as the...

LV= offers income protection discount

LV= has introduced a temporary discount on income protection. The protection provider is offering a...

Universal application process for protection launched

Directlife has unveiled Quote+, a universal application process for protection insurance products. The protection...

The Source offers protection for home buyers

The Source has introduced a Home Buyers' Protection product. It covers clients’ upfront expenses if: The...

APFA calls for MoJ action on claims management firms

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called on the Ministry of Justice...

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Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but recent trends and upcoming policy changes are reshaping the landscape. For...

Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

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New Skipton cashback mortgage to help those who miss stamp duty deadline

To support those who don’t manage to complete their house purchase before the stamp...

MT Finance up maximum LTV on HMO product

MT Finance has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 80% on its buy-to-let small...

HTB completes 22-property refinance and capital raise

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £3.67 million refinance and capital raise for...

Homebuyers paid £1.1bn in Stamp Duty last month

Homebuyers paid £1.1bn in Stamp Duty in February, a 24% rise from the £848m...