General Insurance

Record sales for Uinsure

Uinsure says it has achieved record sales levels and growth during 2018. Earlier this year, ...

LV= Broker joins Paymentshield panel

Paymentshield has added LV= Broker to its home insurance panel. The panel already includes AXA,...

The Source introduces broker-facing CPD content hub

Source Insurance has launched its support mechanism ‘LearningLab’, designed to help brokers meet the...

Contents insurance black hole for renters

8.4 million renters in the UK do not have home contents insurance in place, Sainsbury’s...

The Monmouthshire reveals divestment of personal insurance business

Thomas Carroll Group has acquired the Monmouthshire Building Society’s personal insurance business. With nearly 50 years’...

Uinsure appoints CIO

Uinsure has announced the appointment of David Smith to the new position of chief...

FCA launches general insurance market study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined the issues it will focus on as...

Uinsure unveils Direct Apply facility

Uinsure has revised its application process to allow advisers’ clients to apply for a...

Paymentshield integrates with The Key

A new integration allows all direct users of Mortgage Brain’s POS, CRM and compliance...

BFS to launch SME insurance business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is to launch a new on-demand insurance business for SMEs...

Average house sale value is £114k more than its rebuild cost

New analysis from Direct Line SELECT Premier Insurance has shown there is a large...

Aviva CEO steps down

Mark Wilson is to leave his position as chief executive officer of Aviva plc. Wilson...

Paymentshield unveils home insurance quick quote tool

Paymentshield has launched a Quick Quote tool for advisers. Quick Quote, which is now available...

Citizens Advice super-complaint includes mortgages and GI

Citizens Advice has submitted a super-complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) calling...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

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...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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