CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has refreshed its buy-to-let range, which includes an expansion in the number of its products, rate cuts of up to 44 bps, new loan-to-value tiers and increased fee options. The specialist lender said it had expanded its product offering to provide brokers with “more choice than ever before”.

Sylvan Financial Management, an independent firm of chartered financial planners, has launched its own adviser school to train new financial advisers. The firm’s founding directors, Jane Patrick, Adrian Edwards, and Ed Painter, said they created the adviser school in response to increasing demand for high-quality independent advice and a noticeable decline in its availability across the industry.

Legal & General has announced that its retail protection business has now digitised the claims submission process for single and over-50s life insurance policies, enabling third parties to make an online life claim for the death of a loved one. The upgrade has enhanced L&G’s digital claims offering through its new customer-facing claims portal for third party claimants, including beneficiaries, trustees, and estate executors.

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