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Nearly two-thirds of over-50s worried about inflating insurance premiums

Britons aged over 50 are struggling with the rising cost of insurance with nearly...

Almost 4m older workers feel age discrimination

New research from Canada Life shows that 19% of workers aged 55 and over...

The Exeter appoints new customer service director

Protection and health provider, the Exeter, has announced the appointment of Claire Hird as...

Scottish Friendly appoints chief operating officer

Scottish Friendly has appointed Stephen Campbell as chief operating officer. Campbell (pictured) has over 25...

Access FS reveals first 2023 academy date

Access Financial Services has published details of its first academy of 2023. Last year, Access...

YuLife joins Paradigm Protect panel

Paradigm Protect has added group insurance specialist, YuLife, to its panel. YuLife provide a range...

British Friendly unveils fracture cover for income protection

British Friendly has announced the launch of its fracture cover, an optional benefit that can...

Shepherds Friendly selects Nuffield Health for rehabilitation support

Shepherds Friendly is extending its partnership with Nuffield Health, with the latter to now...

Legal & General recruits chief medical officer

Legal & General Group Protection has announced the appointment of Dr Tarun Gupta to...

Quality of product is top insurance-buying priority

According to new figures from the Exeter, 99% of customers said that the quality...

White paper on cost-of-living challenge published for advisers

Guardian has published a white paper, On The Front Foot, designed to help advisers...

Guardian appointed as L&C preferred provider

Guardian has secured a place as one of L&C’s Preferred Critical Illness Providers. L&C's...

Advisers struggle with children’s CI option comparisons

CIExpert’s Adviser Watch has found that 31% of advisers struggle to understand the different...

MAB acquires majority shareholding in Auxilium

Mortgage Advice Bureau has acquired a 75% shareholding in the Auxilium Partnership, a specialist...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...