Protection

Cancer costs economy £9.3bn

The four biggest critical illnesses in the UK take more than £15bn a year...

Connect for Intermediaries launches equity release and life panels

Connect for Intermediaries has unveiled a new equity release lending panel and a whole...

One million customers told to check critical illness cover

Phoenix, the UK’s largest specialist consolidator of closed life and pension funds, has contacted...

L&G unveils income protection adviser hub

Legal & General has launched a new dedicated Income Protection (IP) Adviser Hub to...

British Friendly joins PRIMIS protection panel

PRIMIS has announced the addition of British Friendly’s range of income protection products to...

FCA proposes new PPI mailing requirements

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued final guidance that clarifies its expectations about...

Guardian Financial Services joins PRIMIS & PTFS panels

PRIMIS and Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) have added Guardian Financial Services to their...

Mortgage Advice Bureau adopts PreQuo and SolutionBuilder

Mortgage Advice Bureau has selected iPipeline's protection sales support tool, PreQuo and its protection...

L&G improves online protection application process

Legal & General has made an upgrade to its intermediary case management system, Online...

Cirencester Friendly launches My Earnings Protected

Cirencester Friendly has relaunched its income protection product My Earnings Insurance with key improvements. Now known...

Mental health support for young people highlighted by protection body

As today's World Mental Health Day focuses on the needs of young people this year,...

Aviva CEO steps down

Mark Wilson is to leave his position as chief executive officer of Aviva plc. Wilson...

Group income protection can encourage better mental health

Despite a greater awareness of the issues surrounding mental health, the topic still has...

Lloyds hit with legal directions for PPI breaches

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued Lloyds Banking Group with legal directions...

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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...

Latest news

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...