In this second part, Mortgage Solutions is releasing five more video presentations from the event for you to watch at your leisure. These include two panel discussions with lenders and brokers providing their insight into the market.
The five sessions are:
Chance of a lifetime?
Emma Watkins, managing director of retirement and longstanding at Scottish Widows
Watkins offers a provider’s perspective on the lifetime mortgage sector, including challenges and opportunities for insurance companies and considers the needs of lifetime mortgage customers.
Lender panel discussion
The panel addresses how to bring innovation in this sector, what the role of technology is and how lenders must change interaction with the adviser community to grow and evolve later life lending.
Esther Dijkstra, managing director, intermediaries, Lloyds Banking Group
Alison Pallett, sales director, Live More Capital
Les Pick, head of sales, equity release, Canada Life
Chair: Paula John, editor in chief, Mortgage Solutions
Lessons from lockdown
Ben Thompson, deputy CEO, Mortgage Advice Bureau
How the later life lending market has adapted to continue to serve customers.
Adviser panel discussion
The adviser panel assesses adjusting the approach to dealing with older customers and asks what processes need to change? They also debate the current regulatory oversight and how this is influencing the market.
Sandy Ameer-Beg, principal, Acclaimed Mortgage Consultancy
Jane Benjamin, director, mortgages, Sesame Bankhall Group
Richard Merrett, head of strategic development, SimplyBiz Mortgages
Stuart Wilson, CEO, AiR Group
Chair: Paula John, editor in chief, Mortgage Solutions
Conclusion
Baroness Camilla Cavendish, author and Harvard Fellow
Baroness Cavendish asks how the events of 2020 have impacted society’s approach to older people. And she discusses what the UK can learn from other countries about planning a positive future for our ageing population.
