Protection

LV= reveals Covid-19 payouts

LV= has revealed that life insurance, critical illness and income protection claims caused by...

Homeworkers want mental health support from employers

87% of people working from home have or would like to have better access...

LV= paid out £6.5m in Covid claims last year

LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling nearly £118 million during 2020. The insurer...

SBG hire signals service expansion

Sesame Bankhall Group has announced the appointment of Emma Thomson in the newly created...

LV= extends protection maximum age limits

LV= is extending its life insurance contract terms across several product lines to provide...

Further research into strain of latest lockdown

Among those working from home since the pandemic, just 33% are accepting of the...

Royal London paid out £13m for 2020 Covid claims

Insurer Royal London paid £13.1 million to over 2,100 customers' families for Covid-19 claims...

The Exeter appoints new chief exec

The Exeter has announced that Isobel Langton will succeed Andy Chapman as its new...

Sourcing system offers life insurance quote platform

Iress has partnered with Codepotato to provide advisers with their own branded life insurance...

The Exeter sees record HealthWise services usage

The Exeter has reported that usage of its HealthWise services more than double in...

Towergate launches open-access GP Hero

Towergate Health & Protection has introduced a new online GP service. GP Hero enables employees...

Royal London introduces new protection menu tool

Royal London has unveiled a protection tool which helps provide menu protection plans for...

LSL makes investment in life and pensions firm

LSL Property Services has announced its investment in Direct Life & Pension Services. Direct Life...

L&G unveils new Care Concierge service

Legal & General has launched a service for employees of its group protection customers. It...
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COMMENT

Fixed rates

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Building Societies

The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...
Technology

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...
networks

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...
Building Societies

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

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