General Insurance

PRIMIS adds Source Insurance to GI panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has partnered with Source Insurance. Members of the network now have access...

The Newcastle provides home insurance quote after ‘five easy questions’

The Newcastle Building Society has confirmed a new five-year household insurance partnership with Legal...

Paymentshield bolsters Marketing Toolkit

Paymentshield has introduced new resources onto its online Marketing Toolkit. The new content takes Paymentshield’s...

Assurant Intermediary and Safe&Secure increase business volumes

Assurant Intermediary has doubled its monthly business volumes with general insurance brokers Safe&Secure since...

Uinsure launches first phase of ‘Zero Questions Asked’ quotes

Uinsure has introduced the first phase of its ‘Zero Questions Asked’ general insurance (GI)...

Clients mustn’t forget to insure items they have ‘tucked away’

Garden sheds and garages are a great way to get some extra storage, particularly...

Not reading policies widespread among consumers

New research has reported that 39% admit to not reading the policy on their...

L&G to sell GI business to Allianz

Legal & General Group Plc has agreed to sell its general insurance business to...

Streamlining buy-to-let insurance

Once the go-to choice for canny investors, the shine has come off the buy-to-let...

Paymentshield appoints pair of regional sales managers

Paymentshield has recruited two new regional sales managers to its sales team. The general insurance (GI)...

Source Insurance gains Investor in Customers award

Source Insurance has achieved a silver award from customer experience specialists, Investor in Customers (IIC). This...

Paradigm reveals 2019 lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect, the mortgage services and protection propositions, have announced...

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...

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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