Protection

PMS partners with Cirencester Friendly

PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, has boosted its protection offering with...

New head of wellbeing for Towergate Health & Protection

Towergate Health & Protection has announced the appointment of Debra Clark to its newly...

Iress and Reassured agree partnership

Iress has announced that life insurance broker, Reassured, has selected The Exchange platform to...

Scottish Friendly posts record sales

Scottish Friendly has reported record sales of £47.7m for 2022. Total sales increased from £46.9m...

Royal London appoints head of strategic partnerships

Royal London has appointed Ronnie Binnie as head of strategic partnerships. Binnie (pictured) joins...

Royal London updates diabetes underwriting

Royal London has introduced a number of changes to its diabetes underwriting philosophy. The...

Consumers open to revealing health and lifestyle issues

Consumers are more open to answering personal questions about their health and lifestyle than...

Inflation threatening over-50s’ life insurance policies

Rising inflation is putting pressure on over-50s life insurance customers to carry on paying...

Scottish Friendly partners with the Unisure Group

Scottish Friendly and the Unisure Group have announced a new partnership agreement. The agreement confirms...

Royal London extends online trusts to personal menu plans

Mutual insurer Royal London has made further improvements to its digital services by extending...

TMA Club partners with Howden for discounted PII

TMA Club has announced the launch of a new partnership with Howden, a specialist...

TRM network to hold regional roadshows in April

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has announced the launch of its Regional April...

Zurich joins CIExpert’s Insight Zone

CIExpert has announced that Zurich has become the latest insurer to join its Insight...

Shepherds Friendly improves income protection claims stats

Shepherds Friendly has announced it paid 96.2% of Income Protection claims in 2022, an...

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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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Mortgage affordability continues to weaken

January saw a weakening in mortgage affordability weakened for the second month in a...

FCA to investigate effectiveness of pure protection market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is undertaking a market study to look into how...

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 ups maximum LTV on HMO product

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