Protection

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network bolsters Consumer Duty support

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched additional support for members following the...

The Exeter introduces lower cost healthcare alternative

Protection and health insurer, the Exeter, has announced the inclusion of a new guided...

Royal London bolsters mental health underwriting

Royal London has unveiled a series of changes to its mental health underwriting philosophy....

Legal & General Group Protection launches Wellbeing Advisory Board

Legal & General Group Protection has formed a new Wellbeing Advisory Board, covering a...

Just Mortgages sounds protection warning

Just Mortgages has warned there is a risk of a shortfall in protection cover...

Access FS expands broker numbers by 80%

Access Financial Services has grown broker numbers by 80% so far this year. The number...

Most employers concerned about cost-of-living impact on employees

92% of employers are concerned about how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting their employees,...

Foresters Financial achieves 99.99% claim pay-out rate

Foresters Financial, the mutual financial services organisation, has achieved a UK claim pay-out rate...

Canada Life to close onshore individual protection

Canada Life has confirmed it is no longer accepting applications for onshore individual protection...

Over 18m struggled to access NHS treatments when needed

New data from protection and health insurer the Exeter has revealed that over 18...

AMI unveils five-point protection plan

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched its third annual Viewpoint Report on...

Reassured appoints chairman

Life insurance broker, Reassured, has appointed Matthew Donaldson as non-executive chairman. Donaldson will work...

National Friendly introduces new PMI product

National Friendly has announced the launch of its new private medical insurance product, My...

Breast cancer claims support on the rise

Claims support for breast cancer is increasing as speed of payouts and help for...

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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...