Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) issued terms on £509.7m worth of business from April to June, the first time the company has surpassed the half-a-billion figure in just one quarter. In the same period new business applications were up 127% with completions rising by 52% across 27 different lenders, including both High Street and Challenger banks. [...]

Freedom Finance has agreed a deal to acquire Sensible Home Finance which will be rebranded as Freedom Mortgages. Freedom Mortgages will continue to be run by Andrew Fisher, the owner of Sensible Home Finance. A new Bridging and Commercial arm has also been created in a bid to bolster the company’s offering in these areas. [...]

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Wills and Estate Planning Foundation course on Wednesday. It was lovely to meet so many of you for what was an enjoyable and informative day.   We had some fantastic feedback and plan to run another workshop in September - if you would like to register [...]

As you may be aware, Virgin Active recently announced they will be selling 35 of their clubs to Nuffield Health. The transaction is expected to take place in the third quarter of 2016. Vitality are committed to our members’ ongoing health and wellbeing and reducing the barriers to getting healthy. We have worked with both [...]

While most income protection providers offer your clients with class 1 occupations level guaranteed premiums, there aren’t many that also offer the choice of age-costed guaranteed premiums. Age-costed premiums are a “pay as you go” approach to your clients’ cover. We know that the certainty of level premiums makes them the preferable choice for some, [...]

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The changes we've made to our online service mean more of your clients will get a decision straight away, without the need for manual underwriting. But everyone's different, and there are always going to be applications that need to be reviewed by an underwriter before a decision can be made. Our online service gives them [...]

Paymentshield has announced the launch of an enhancement to its quote and apply system aimed at providing advisers with even more choice for clients. The updated quote and apply system will now display both standard and extra cover options via its results screen, as well as providing the cost and option to instantly add accidental [...]

Dear Intermediary Partner   We’re writing to let you know about a change in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) and how it affects your customers. As you may know, in its 2016 Summer Budget, the Government announced it was increasing Insurance Premium Tax from 9.5% to 10%.   What does this mean for my customers?   [...]

We are delighted to have recently partnered with The Right Mortgage. MetLife MultiProtect is an accident and hospital cover policy that can provide valued protection to individuals and their families. About MetLife Founded in 1868, MetLife is a global provider of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management. MetLife operates in 50 countries around the [...]