Protection

Protection Distributors Group adds Claims Charter signatories

Following a review of claims handling practices across the industry, the Protection Distributors Group...

Health and wellbeing support needs to adapt to hybrid working

Research from Towergate Health & Protection shows that on average 45% of employees are...

LV=’s interim chief exec to stand down

LV= has announced that Mark Hartigan, LV= chief executive, intends to step down as...

One-third of over-60s don’t expect to pay for care costs

30% of over-60s do not expect to pay for later life care costs, with...

Access FS in exclusive tie with Vitality

Access Financial Services has agreed an exclusive tie with Vitality to boost the training...

Stonebridge unveils new functionality to address protection gap

Stonebridge has launched new functionality within its wholly-owned trading platform, Revolution, that is designed...

Legal & General Group Protection launches new ‘Virtual Clinic’

Legal & General Group Protection has announced the launch of its new Virtual Clinic,...

iPipeline launches automated life update process

iPipeline has launched a life update process in a move designed to improve transparency. The digital...

Cirencester Friendly unveils two new directors

Cirencester Friendly has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of two new...

Workers struggling with mental health issues

40% of employees are struggling to form strong relationships with their colleagues, as they...

National Friendly partners with bereavement charity

National Friendly and the Cruse Bereavement Support charity have formed a partnership which aims...

CIExpert appoints propositions & distribution director

CIExpert has announced that Paul Roberts has been appointed to the role of propositions...

iPipeline unveils enhanced product features report service

iPipeline is extending its Product Features Report Service within SolutionBuilder, to include multi-benefit protection...

Make income protection a priority, advisers urged

The Exeter is urging advisers to start discussing income protection with their clients as...

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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...