You and your clients can submit project ideas from 13 September Following the huge success of the Aviva Community Fund 2015, we’re proud to announce the Aviva Community Fund 2016 will be up and running soon. From 9.00 am on 13 September 2016, you can submit your project ideas. The competition is open to everyone, [...]

Our improved quote & apply journey Our online quote and apply system - Aviva Life Protection Solutions (ALPS) – was introduced to make writing protection business quicker and easier for you. And a recent survey of ALPS users shows we’re doing just that – 97% of respondents told us that the quote journey is easy [...]

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? New or existing [...]

It is well known that a protection gap exists in the UK – a serious issue when you consider that, for many, a prolonged absence from work through ill health would result in a significant financial shortfall that could lead to difficulty in paying essentials such as the mortgage or rent, utility bills or food. [...]

The additional requirements introduced by the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) mean putting a mortgage in place for your clients is more time consuming than ever. So is it really any surprise that 59% of UK mortgage holders don’t have life insurance in place to cover their mortgage should the worst happen? 1 Read more of this post 1Source: [...]

    Key market trends suggest that you’ve been arranging a number of BTL mortgages for your client base over the last 5 years. Despite changes to the tax regime, with returns on other investments such as cash and stocks hitting an all-time low, there is still value in including BTL’s in any investment portfolio. [...]

Leeds Building Society knows that you need to get your cases processed as quickly and efficiently as possible. So to help them to help you, they have created a guide that takes you from registration through to converting to a full application. Giving you hints, tips, and requirements for submitting business with them. You can [...]

Dear Corporate Partners and Premier Club members Here is the latest Intermediary news from The Nottingham. Product launches We are pleased to confirm that we are launching one buy-to-let and two residential products and removing the valuation fee on our current two year buy-to-let product with effect from 9am on Tuesday 16th August 2016. Our [...]

We are delighted to announce simplifications to our part interest only & part repayment products. From Monday 15th August our residential interest only mortgages can be selected for both the capital & interest and interest only elements of a split mortgage. For part interest only & part repayment loans we now allow a total LTV [...]

The remortgage market has been growing recently but currently 30% of clients are on still on SVR. At Santander for Intermediaries we have a strong remortgage proposition including: Fees free products Day 1 remortgages LTVs available up to 90% £750 mortgage buffer Term into retirement Interest Only Remortgage Solution benefits package* This remortgage sales aid [...]