From Friday 15 April, we will be introducing some new mortgage deals to our semi-exclusive range and changing the rates on several of our residential and buy-to-let purchase and remortgage semi-exclusive deals.   The new purchase deals being launched are: 2 year fixed rate, 85% LTV £995, product fee - 1.94% 2 year fixed rate, [...]

One of the most important factors affecting the success of a business, whether large or small, is the workforce. In a lot of businesses, particularly smaller ones, people also make up one of the largest costs the business will have. So it goes without saying that a happy, motivated and healthy workforce will contribute more [...]

We care about you and your clients. That's why we created Protect+, a quality proposition that includes many added benefits. Choose from an extensive menu that can be mixed and matched, and benefit from just one plan fee with multiple covers. Our value added services* are included on all Protect+ products from the very first [...]

There’s no question that income protection is an undersold product – at The Exeter we’re dedicated to changing that. One of ways we can help bring income protection to the forefront of your clients’ minds is by providing you with sales ideas to generate new leads and enquiries from your existing clients. Protection Path posters [...]

With a choice of Guaranteed Level or Guaranteed Annual Escalating Premiums, your clients have the reassurance of knowing exactly what their premiums will be from the start right the way through to the end of their contract. This is the plan that says ‘yes’ to even more of your clients. So what are you waiting [...]

Writing a business protection policy in trust helps to ensure that the right people receive the money in the event of a claim, which is essential at a time when a smooth transition for the business is crucial. We offer a variety of trusts depending on the type of business to be protected and our [...]

Debbie Kennedy, Head of Protection Proposition Design at Royal London, recently spoke to Fiona Murphy, Editor at Cover Magazine. She discussed a range of topics from the importance of making protection understandable to how technology could change the way we underwrite.  Here, you can watch the interviews for yourself. In the first film, Debbie discusses [...]

AIG Life paid 91.4% of critical illness claims it received in 2015, up on the previous year, and paid over £15.6m to its customers. The average age of our claimants was 45 years old and the biggest claim paid was £720,000. Cancer made up the biggest percentage of claims paid at 53% although child claims [...]

At Virgin Money, we know how important it is for you to be able to use our services on the go. That’s why we launched our A-Z lending policy App last year.  With instant guidance on our mortgage lending policy it’s useful to know you can reach for the App whenever you need to. If [...]

House price growth accelerates in March There's been a pickup in housing market activity in recent months, with the number of housing transactions and mortgage approvals rising strongly. This is likely to have been driven, at least in part, by the changes to stamp duty on second homes. Our Chief Economist Robert Gardner comments on the figures in [...]