Protection

L&G expands CIC cover

Legal & General has improving its critical illness cover (CIC). It now includes extra cover...

LV= undertakes customer service apprenticeship scheme

LV= has started a Financial Services Apprenticeship Programme for customer service teams working within...

PPI firm gets TV ad banned

A television advert from a PPI claims management firm has been banned. The ad for...

L&G boosts Group Income Protection offering

Legal & General has embarked upon a new partnership with physiotherapy specialists Physioworld. Founded...

PPI could be biggest consumer financial scandal ever

PPI now on course to be the biggest consumer financial scandal of all time,...

L&G outlines group protection approach to auto-enrolment

Legal & General has published details over its approach to auto-enrolment when it become...

L&G publishes latest heart disease stats

Legal & General has published the latest in its series of analyses of its...

LV= builds gender and I-E website for advisers

LV= has launched a website for advisers on the forthcoming gender directive and I-E...

Parents’ savings being squeezed by kids

Over 4.4 million British adults are getting financial support from their parents, according to...

L&G offers income protection product via direct channel

Legal & General is now offering its Lifestyle Cover directly to consumers. The 'short-term' income...

Ageas Protect offers ‘G-Day protection promise’

Ageas Protect has unveils what it has called its 'G-day protection promise' to support...

Aviva improves cancer pledge

Following a review of the way the reduced cover option is applied, Aviva customers...

Advisers see opportunities from gender directive

IFAs believe that the opportunities posed by the forthcoming gender directive, set to come...

Mortgage Brain offers link to MMS’s Keystone products

Mortgage Brain has teamed up with Marketing and Management Services Ltd (MMS) to give...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Protection

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...
Conveyancing

Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

The Simplify Charitable Trust has donated £22,500 to nine charities working in communities across...
Buy-to-let

Landlords turn to portfolio refinancing to fund expansion

More than three-quarters of landlords are considering refinancing their existing portfolios to fund further...
Specialist

LiveMore launches mortgage for homes with spray foam insulation

LiveMore has launched a mortgage designed for homeowners whose properties have become difficult to...

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