Protection

New player aims to shake up protection distribution market

Auxilium Partnership has announced its intention to "shake up" the protection distribution market for...

The Exeter provides HealthWise app to all members

Health and protection insurance provider, the Exeter, has announced that all members can now...

Advisers worried about under-protection for the self-employed

MetLife research indicates that the rise of self-employment is helping drive sales of individual...

Millennials not sold on benefits of income protection

74% of IFAs surveyed by Royal London think younger consumers are not addressing their...

Vitality extends its London Face-to-Face GP service

Vitality has added a new GP partner DocTap to its Greater London Face-to-Face GP...

PRIMIS introduces marketing portal for its advisers

PRIMIS has launched a new marketing portal, which allows its members to browse in-house...

Payout high for MetLife’s MultiProtect policy

MetLife UK has reveals that during 2018 it paid a protection claim every hour,...

Paradigm Protect partners with MetLife

Paradigm Protect has embarked upon a new relationship with MetLife. From today, a selected number...

PRIMIS adds Holloway Friendly to protection panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has added income protection specialist Holloway Friendly to its protection panel. The...

L&G and Police Mutual agree protection partnership deal

Legal & General and Police Mutual have agreed a three-year protection partnership. The arrangement will...

Vitality launches new mental health cover

VitalityHealth has introduced a new mental health package to provide support and treatment to...

Bankhall unveils Senior Managers & Certification Regime support hub

Bankhall has launched a new support hub covering the Senior Managers & Certification Regime...

L&G announces Business Quality Awards winners

Legal & General has announced the winners of its 8th annual Business Quality Awards...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network celebrates fourth birthday

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is marking its fourth birthday, having been set...

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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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Mortgage brokers bullish on rate cuts

More than half of mortgage brokers (52%) say they expect at least two cuts...

Former Nikko chief warns CGT on homes would punish owners

A leading City figure has warned that imposing capital gains tax (CGT) on primary...

The Swansea renews sponsorship of Swansea RFC for 2025/26

Swansea Building Society has renewed its sponsorship of Swansea RFC for the 2025/26 season,...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let offerings

HSBC UK has announced a wide set of rate reductions across its residential and...