Protection

Personal Touch launches Business Development Suite

Personal Touch has unveiled a new system designed to help its members boost productivity...

Norwich intermediary expands into the capital

Norwich based mortgage intermediary NM Finance has expanded its team and opened a new office in...

Openwork improves protection information reporting

Openwork has introduced Personalised Risk Reports that help advisers emphasise the importance of protection...

Scottish Widows adapts critical illness policy wording

Scottish Widows has updated the critical illness definitions for Scottish Widows Protect, its intermediary...

ABI wants income protection ‘win-win’

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called on the government to introduce a...

Cohabitees have greater financial risk

Aviva’s Family Finances research indicates that nearly two million UK cohabitees (51%) say government...

SortRefer offers ‘fall through’ protection

SortRefer is offering customers the ability to protect themselves against financial loss in the event...

Stonebridge Group expands protection panel

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has added two new providers to its protection...

L&G unveils Trainsmart programme

Legal & General is introducing a computer-based test for advisers, known as Trainsmart. It was announced at...

Protection ‘rules of thumb’ out of date

A new report from Aegon, and actuarial firm EValue, has found that economic conditions as...

One in three SMEs affected by ‘critical’ business issues

New research by Direct Line for Business indicates that 31% of UK small business owners have experienced...

L&G reveals business quality award winners

Legal & General has this afternoon announced the winners of its sixth annual Business Quality Awards...

LV= Broker added to UNA partner panel

LV= Broker has joined the partner panel of UNA. UNA is owned by 13 of...

PPI claims firm rapped over ad

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from Lloyds Banking Group over a...

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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...