Protection

The Right DA Club adds HSBC Life to panel

The Right DA Club has announced the addition of HSBC Life (UK) to its...

Towergate Health & Protection appoints head of consulting

Towergate Health & Protection has announced the appointment of Richard Jackson as head of...

L&G rolls out free Care Concierge service to retail customers

Legal & General Retail has announced its Care Concierge service will be available to...

TRM Network and DA Club reveal National Training Event details

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have announced details of their...

Is it time for an authorisation rethink?

The recent announcement that Tenet was closing its network and moving its mortgage and...

Guardian improves underwriting for those living with HIV

Guardian has made changes to its underwriting journey for applicants living with HIV. Subject to...

L&G launches online protection claim submission capability

Legal & General has introduced its latest update with an online claim submission capability. Available...

Use of the Exeter’s HealthWise app already higher than last year

The Exeter has reported that usage of its member benefits app HealthWise has already...

Zurich redesigns its critical illness offerings

Zurich has discarded the standard critical illness template, replacing it with a fresh blueprint...

Royal London enhances pre-sale underwriting tool

Royal London has improved its pre-sale underwriting tool to widen the scope of medical...

AIG Life expands Smart Health umbrella

AIG Life has improved its wellbeing services to give employees and their families even...

Financial costs of childhood cancer calculated

New research sponsored by Guardian and conducted by cancer charity, Young Lives vs Cancer,...

Legal & General Group Protection updates critical illness definitions

Legal & General Group Protection has updated its Group critical illness cover (CIC) definitions...

Q&A: Amanda Wilson, The Right Mortgage & Protection Network

BestAdvice fires the questions at Amanda Wilson, director of The Right Mortgage & Protection...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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