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LV= extends Covid payment break options

LV= is extending its payment break option for customers unable to pay premiums because...

Covid: affordability ‘biggest challenge’ for brokers

The vast majority (94%) of brokers admit that they currently need to shop around...

L&G introduces group protection package for ‘long Covid’

Legal & General has unveiled a new early intervention care package for employees in...

Keystone switches to remote working for all

Keystone Property Finance is to move to remote working for all staff, including the...

Large fall in numbers expecting to work beyond state pension age

Canada Life has reported that the number of workers expecting to work beyond state...

SimplyBiz Group to extend virtual events programme into 2021

The SimplyBiz Group has announced that it will be extending its virtual programme into...

FCA to propose limited mortgage deferral scheme

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to announce new measures for mortgage borrowers impacted...

Covid: areas of most vulnerable tenant workers revealed

New research suggest that up to a quarter of private renters could fall into...

Fall in number of tenants seeing rents rise

40% of agents saw landlords increasing rent in September, compared to 48% in August,...

Demand for larger properties driving “mini boom”

Halifax has revealed that the recent growth in housing market activity has been driven...

Summer shift in rental values from urban to rural areas

Rents increased in many rural areas and fell sharply in some cities over the...

Landlords to look beyond cities for purchases?

10%% of landlords are now looking to purchase properties compared to just 3% at...

Pandemic causing more woes for first-time buyers

Many prospective first time buyer are struggling to secure a mortgage as challenges around credit...

Covid worrying SMEs more than Brexit

48% of British businesses are worried about the impact of the second wave of...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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