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IPT: the end of the inexorable rise?

How many of you have had to have difficult conversations with your clients when...

Flood Re – good, bad or ugly?

First announced in June 2013 and originally planned for last summer but delayed again...

Is Flood Re’s future already in doubt?

The record levels of rainfall this winter have brought the misery of flooding to...

Don’t ignore SME clients

There are some 5.2 million small businesses in the UK according to the Federation...

The IPT shockwave

Chancellor George Osborne caught the insurance industry by surprise with a Budget announcement that...

On your bike… 

As I write, the world’s biggest annual sporting event is weaving its way through...

Should we stay or should we go?

No sooner than the election dust settled, political commentators turned their attention to what...

Going paperless: pipedream or reality?

Believe it or not, the dream of a paperless working environment stretches back to...

Keep the customer satisfied

Customer satisfaction is the cornerstone of success for any business, but particularly so in...

New build, new premium?

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported robust growth in...

New Year, new start

Another year, another set of resolutions! Having reflected on their lives over the Christmas holidays...

2015: what cards are in the regulatory deck?

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”...

Landlords – a target for 2015

It seems there is no slowing of the growth in the residential private rental...

A landlord’s nightmare

A story to send a shiver of fear down any landlord’s spine caught my...
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Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

Later life lending and the importance of a lasting power of attorney

It’s fair to say that later life lending has moved from a niche corner of the market into a more mainstream space, as older...

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Homebuying

OPDA calls on housing market to respond to proposed reforms

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has urged the industry to engage with the...
Loans

Equifinance completes second securitisation as investor demand strengthens

Equifinance has completed its second public securitisation, with the £260 million East One 2025-1...
Technology

Research highlights widespread concern over lenders’ tech readiness

More than two-thirds of mortgage lenders are uncertain about their capacity to implement emerging...
First-time buyers

Zoopla: Rental demand slips as buyers return

Zoopla’s latest Rental Market Report shows the rental sector entering a new phase of...

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