Protection

Royal London protection move “a breakthrough moment”

Royal London has added a signature-free beneficiary nomination to its individual life cover and...

iPipeline updates underwriting base philosophy

iPipeline has introduced an update to its base underwriting philosophy within the SSG Digital...

The Exeter improves Real Life application process

The Exeter has made changes to the application process for its life insurance product,...

Scottish Widows to divest £440m over ESG standards

Scottish Widows is to divest at least £440 million from companies that have failed...

LV= extends Covid payment break options

LV= is extending its payment break option for customers unable to pay premiums because...

L&G introduces group protection package for ‘long Covid’

Legal & General has unveiled a new early intervention care package for employees in...

Network to hold virtual national training event

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network is to hold its first Virtual National Training...

LV= reinstates short waiting period options for personal sick pay

LV= is re-introducing day 1 and 1 week waiting periods for its specialist income...

New BDM for National Friendly

National Friendly has announced the appointment of Toney Quinn as business development manager. The Bristol-based friendly...

Cancer cover claims crash due to Covid

LV= has seen a major decrease in cancer claims due to the impact of...

Sesame adds seven providers to protection panel

Sesame Network has expanded its protection panel, with 16 providers now available to its...

Mortgage Magic integrates iPipeline into broker proposition

Mortgage Magic's CRM and mortgage management platform has integrated a number of iPipeline’s webservice...

AIG Life moves to simplify critical illness

AIG Life has introduced what it claims to be a different approach to critical...

HSBC unveils virtual healthcare support for life customers

Existing HSBC Life Protection policyholders in the UK will now receive additional physical and...

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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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London’s luxury lettings market surges 154% as wealthy tenants opt to rent

London’s prime lettings market has more than doubled in size during the first half...

3.3 million households locked out of home ownership

More than three million households have been priced out of home ownership since the...

Carlyle to acquire intelliflo from Invesco in $200m deal

Global investment group Carlyle has agreed to acquire intelliflo, the London-based provider of cloud-based...

LMS becomes affiliate member of the Conveyancing Association

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed LMS as its newest affiliate member, marking a formal...