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Zurich introduces life cover ‘selfie’ app

Zurich has launched FaceQuote, a 'selfie' app to urge more people to think about and...

Engage with ‘robo advice’, brokers told

Advisers have been urged to to embrace ‘robo advice’ in order to help retain...

L&G offers rehabilitation support service

Legal & General has introduced a rehabilitation support service for customers of its Income...

Royal London offers signature-free consent form

Royal London has introduced an electronic signature solution to accelerate the payment of claims. The...

Scottish Widows highlights value of financial protection

21% people in the UK say their household would not be financially secure for...

SolutionBuilder offers risk & mortgage protection report

iPipeline has announced its latest update to SolutionBuilder, its research, quote and application solution for...

Sustained growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has announced sustained growth in its business application and completions across its...

New Adviser Hub from VitalityHealth

VitalityHealth has launched its new Adviser Hub platform, which will be rolled out to...

The Right Mortgage partners with CI Expert

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is to provide its members with discounted access...

Huge lack of self-employed critical illness cover

93% of the UK’s self-employed workforce have no critical illness cover, according to new...

Paradigm unveils compliance offering to DAs

Paradigm Mortgage Services is offering a free basic mortgage and protection compliance package to any...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network hires national account manager

Kevin Williams has been appointed by the Right Mortgage & Protection Network as its national...

L&G extends BQA entry deadline

Legal & General has extended the cut-off date for entry submissions to its seventh Annual...

Cirencester Friendly unveils Income Assured Enhanced

Cirencester Friendly has re-launched its Income Assured Plus product. Now known as Income Assured...

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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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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...