Principality Building Society’s intermediaries division has made a key appointment to its business development team as part of its ambitious growth plans. Eloise Hall has joined Principality as a field based business development manager for the Yorkshire and Humber area, with a previous five years’ experience at Leeds Building Society. Eloise’s role will be fundamental [...]

People who will retire during their mortgage term have often struggled to find a suitable mortgage.  Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched their latest product in the area of lending into retirement.  A key aspect of this product is that borrowers can use their projected pension income as part of their affordability assessment. Tim Vigeon, Head [...]

Dear Intermediary Partner Here is the latest Intermediary news from The Nottingham. The Nottingham is working in partnership with self-build experts BuildStore Limited to offer funding solutions to self-builders. The Society will consider self-builders in England and Wales who are looking to construct a new-build property for residential purposes or convert an existing barn into [...]

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be introduced as the RBS Group’s intermediary mortgage proposition for Northern Ireland next month. NatWest Intermediary Solutions currently operates in England, Wales and Scotland and will offer Northern Ireland mortgage brokers exactly the same proposition, lending criteria and policy. Graham Felstead, Head of Intermediary Mortgages, NatWest Intermediary Solutions, said, “This is [...]

Firstly, our Mortgage Club Awards are fast approaching, and we have just launched the voting for the lender awards. As one of our key business partners, the opinion of your advisers is really important, and we’d like to see the best lenders get the recognition they deserve. Please could you send the link below out, [...]

Do you have a client who has an unusual occupation or a complex medical history? Talk directly to our Underwriters to get the answers you need before completing the application. During office hours you can speak to one of our Underwriters using our Online Chat Tool. Simply click through to our online chat facility that [...]

Philip Hammond delivered his first and last Spring Budget on Wednesday 8 March 2017. Although the measures affecting private pension scheme and protection planning provisions weren’t nearly as profound as recent years, there are still a number of important changes. Read our summary of the Spring Budget 2017

I have spent many years (more than I care to remember!) talking to brokers about general insurance. My message has always been the same - now is the time to grasp this opportunity. Now is the time to protect your clients. As we start each year, I talk to the intermediary sector about their plans [...]

Have your say and COVER will donate £3 to Cancer Research UK - up to a total donation of £1,000 You may have already seen that Aviva is supporting the latest industry research being undertaken by COVER. The aim of the research is to understand the challenges and opportunities facing advisers over the coming 12 [...]

AIG’s Key3 Critical Illness Insurance covers the ‘Key 3 Critical Illnesses’ people suffer from - cancer, heart attack and stroke*. In less than three minutes, our Technical Sales Manager takes you through some of the key elements of this simplified product in our latest video and examines why it is an [...]