General Insurance

LV= GI appoints corporate responsibility director

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has today appointed Rodney Assock as its new corporate...

Ageas agrees four-year deal with URIS Group

Ageas Insurance has signed a new four-year contract worth £200 million with URIS Group,...

Core business up at Stonebridge Group

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has reported an increase across all three of...

Paymentshield expands landlords insurance panel

Paymentshield has added UK General Insurance (UKG) to its landlord’s insurance panel. It joins insurers...

Paymentshield boosts regional sales team

Paymentshield has expanded its sales team with the recruitment of two new regional sales...

Mojo Mortgages partners with Uinsure

Uinsure has announced a partnership with startup Mojo Mortgages. The new arrangement will let Mojo...

Uinsure added to Mortgage Intelligence GI panel 

Uinsure is joining Mortgage Intelligence’s general insurance panel. Uinsure’s Zero Questions quotation functionality enables advisers...

Uinsure adds LV= Broker to panel

Uinsure has added LV= Broker to its panel of UK insurers. The panel already consists...

Advisers need to tackle inadequate insurance cover

Assurant Intermediary has claimed that residential properties in the UK are "woefully underinsured". The firm...

Source Insurance now on board via TMA’s Toolbox

TMA Club has partnered with Source Insurance via LSL’s back-office system – Toolbox. Members of...

Uinsure launches new-build data service

Unsure has introduced a new-build data service for the UK. This follows the roll-out of...

600,000 landlords thinking of selling up

Nearly £4.7 billion a year is being spent by UK landlords on their rental...

Assurant urges regular B&C reviews

Assurant Intermediary has called on advisers should to customers’ household insurance cover every year...

Uinsure partners with Rangers Protect and Together Money

Uinsure has announced another two new exclusive, single-tie partnerships with Rangers Protect and Together...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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