General Insurance

Paymentshield hires proposition director

Paymentshield has appointed James Loder as proposition director. Loder (pictured) will oversee the development of...

Paradigm partners with Source Insurance

Paradigm Protect has announced a new relationship with online general insurance (GI) provider, Source Insurance. Source...

The Right DA Club unveils compliance packages

The Right DA Club, the directly authorised arm of The Right Mortgage Ltd, has...

L&G in GI partnership with the Co-op Bank

Legal & General is embarking on a new partnership with the Co-operative Bank to...

SimplyBiz Group reveals Advice Show line up

SimplyBiz Group is to host a mortgage, general insurance and protection focussed online broadcast of...

Home renovation mishaps for one in seven adults

14% of adults in the UK have faced a home improvement mishap within the last...

Source Insurance makes senior appointment

Source Insurance has appointed Steve Jenkins to the role of head of commercial partnerships. After...

Paul Kelly joins Uinsure from Paymentshield

Uinsure has announced the appointment of Paul Kelly to the new role of director...

Paymentshield improves landlord insurance offering

Paymentshield has made changes to its landlord insurance product and revealed it will now...

Financial professionals ‘should ditch the jargon’

Just 47% of adults are confident with their understanding of the terminology used to explain...

Uinsure recognised in northern tech awards

Uinsure has been recognised as the fourth fastest growing fintech firm in the north...

Insurance firms still failing to meet FCA renewal rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it will take action against general insurance firms...

The Source joins Fairstone GI panel

Source Insurance has been appointed to the general insurance panel of Fairstone, a chartered...

GI provider secures growth capital

General insurance product provider Uinsure has raised growth capital from Perwyn.   North West based Uinsure...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...