General Insurance

Paymentshield improves MI Dashboard

Paymentshield has introduced new features to Adviser Hub that helps advisers manage their general...

Legal & General appoints head of broker for GI

Legal & General has promoted Darren Prior to head of broker within its general...

Uinsure partners with eKeeper Group

Uinsure has announced a partnership with adviser technology provider eKeeper Group. The move will allow...

2.4 million households have no home insurance

The latest AA Insurance Consumer Index (ICI) has reported that housing association tenants are...

The Buy to Let Business becomes Dynamo

The Buy to Let Business has rebranded as Dynamo. Ying Tan, founder and chief executive,...

Q1 growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has published quarterly figures for the first three...

Just Mortgages becomes number one Openwork broker

Just Mortgages has become Openwork’s number one broker in the network across lending volumes,...

FCA sounds warning to GI firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned general insurance (GI) firms about manufacturing, sales...

Uinsure unveils graduate academy

Uinsure has launched a graduate academy, following on from signing the Women in Finance...

Paymentshield offers client guide to moving home

Paymentshield has published a free resource for advisers to provide their clients: the Ultimate...

Paymentshield adds new Adviser Hub feature

Paymentshield has introduced a new self-service tool on its Adviser Hub designed to help...

Paymentshield expands home insurance panel

Paymentshield has taken the number of providers on its home insurance panel to eight, with...

Assurant Intermediary bolsters broker proposition

Assurant Intermediary has added an updated online instant quote system and a facility to...

HLP unveils new preferred GI panel

HLP and MSN advisers now have access to a new preferred panel of general...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...

Roma Finance supports £3.35m Colchester industrial scheme

Roma Finance has provided £3.35 million to fund phase one of a 23-unit industrial...

L&G strengthens lender relationships with new strategic appointment

Legal & General’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Vicky Windsor as strategic relationship manager...

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