Protection

FCA closes Police Mutual investigation

On 3 March 2016 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced investigations into six firms...

Self-employed at risk due to lack of protection

Almost two million self-employed people in the UK are unable to save any money each...

Arnie to star in PPI deadline campaign

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger is featuring in a new...

Millions have had finances damaged by poor health

Aviva has reported that 31% of UK adults have experienced temporary or permanent leave...

68% underestimate real cost of elderly care

Consumers estimate the average cost of residential elderly care for one person to be...

Lack of protection among ‘generation debt’

Renters among the late-Millennial generation (25-34 years old) are one of the least financially...

Paradigm Protect partners with funeral plan provider

Paradigm Protect has announced a new relationship with Golden Charter. Golden Charter is a funeral plan...

Mortgage Support Network to use SolutionBuilder

Mortgage Support Network has adopted iPipeline's research, quote and apply solution, SolutionBuilder. SolutionBuilder allows advisers...

Royal London introduces medical consent e-signatures

Royal London has launched an e-signature solution to obtain customer consent under the Access...

3.5m with a critical illness faced a shortfall in income

Royal London latest research has found that on top of coping with a critical...

Bankhall unveils new mortgage, protection and GI compliance solution

Bankhall has launched a new compliance support solution for directly FCA authorised firms. The...

Royal London updates HIV underwriting stance

Royal London has removed the need for an HIV blood test for non-medical limits...

Right PMI Network expands PMI Quote engine

The Right PMI Network, the specialist PMI division of The Right Mortgage and Protection...

FSE Wales: we need more protection discussions with clients

Johnny Timpson of Scottish Widows, speaking at the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Wales on...

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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...