Protection

Mark Jones joins L&G as new product director

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Mark Jones as product director, UK...

H2 2017 sees 3.76m complaints about financial services firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported that complaints about payment protection insurance (PPI)...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network launches Scottish arm

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has opened an office north of the border. The...

Protection promoted during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and to coincide with this, Scottish Widows is...

L&G publishes new mental health Red Report

Legal & General has launched its new Red Report looking at mental health in...

L&G paid out 98% of all life claims in 2017

Legal & General paid out a total of £636m across its life, critical illness,...

Network reduces professional indemnity insurance excess

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has reviewed the excess on its current professional indemnity...

Cavendish Online appoints business development manager

Online discount life insurance and protection broker Cavendish Online has appointed Luke Barber as...

Network appoints compliance manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Nick Crombie as its compliance manager. Crombie...

Scottish Widows Protect joins UnderwriteMe comparison service

Scottish Widows Protect decision to join the UnderwriteMe quote comparison service means intermediaries can...

Mothers lacking in financial protection

Scottish Widows has reported that 60% of women in the UK with dependent children...

New business boost for iPipeline

iPipeline has reported a 28% year-on-year increase in new business processing for the life market. This...

PFS to hold Power Live event in the summer

The Personal Finance Society is extending its professional development programme with a series of...

L&G unveils Children’s Critical Illness Extra

Legal & General has launched Children’s Critical Illness Extra (CCIx), a paid for option,...

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Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

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Brookfield Surveyors joins BDLA as associate member

Brookfield Surveyors has become an associate member of the Bridging and Development Lenders Association...

Shawbrook backs 42-home London scheme with £13m development facility

Shawbrook has partnered with P10 Financial Group to provide a £13m development facility that...

Legl joins Conveyancing Association as new affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed Legl as its newest affiliate member, offering the software...

Hanley Economic expands RIO lending as maximum LTV rises to 70%

Hanley Economic Building Society has widened its later life lending range by lifting the...

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