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West Brom agrees administration deal with Hood Group

Hood Group has been appointed by the West Brom to provide third party administration...

Paymentshield maintains Defaqto 5-star rating

Paymentshield has secured a five-star rating from Defaqto for the sixth year running. Defaqto, the...

Uinsure maintains five star rating

General insurance provider Uinsure has been awarded a Defaqto 5-Star Rating for the fifth...

Another strong year for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has reported a rise in business volumes in its core mortgage, life/protection and...

Insurance firm boss fined £470k

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Decision Notices in respect of One Call...

First Complete & Pink add mid/high net worth GI offering to panel

First Complete and Pink have revealed that Confidas, a provider of mid net worth...

Sesame adds Uinsure to GI panel

Sesame Network has expanded its general insurance (GI) offering for member firms with the...

Select & Protect offers ‘year one’ introducer commission deal

General insurance provider Select & Protect is offering mortgage brokers 25% year one commission...

Co-op Insurance apprenticeship scheme boosts growth strategy

Co-op Insurance has taken on 25 new apprentices, including students from the Co-op Academies...

Smart security homeowners get home insurance discount

Cocoon has announced a deal with PolicyCastle, the digital home insurance platform, giving people...

Insurance firm fined £4m for misleading customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Bluefin Insurance Services £4,023,800 for having inadequate...

Nationwide unveils new ‘flexible’ home insurance product

The Nationwide Building Society has introduced a flexible home insurance product, designed to give...

Canopius unveils homebuyer fees insurance

Canopius has launched a homebuyer fees insurance product designed to protect homebuyers against the...

“Room for improvement” with GI sales

A new survey, which collected data from 162 mortgage advisers, has found that almost...

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Property transactions are slower than ever – why?

While much of the financial services sector is becoming faster and more automated, the property industry appears to be falling behind. According to a story...

Beyond the payslip: the importance of rethinking borrower profiles

In our market, the term ‘non-standard borrower is often used to describe applicants whose financial profiles don’t conform to traditional expectations - freelancers, the...

Non dom changes create £401 million stamp duty black hole

It’s exactly nine years since 52% of the country voted to leave the EU. The decision was driven by a range of factors including...

FCA’s mortgage rule changes: it’s time to raise the advice bar, not drop it

The FCA’s move to relax some of the rules around mortgage switching and term changes might sound sensible on paper—cutting admin, giving borrowers quicker...

Tom Bill: Unintended consequences

Former Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced a brick tax in 1784 to pay for the American War of Independence. Manufacturers were charged by...

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Loans Warehouse and Brilliant Solutions axed from MAB specialist mortgage panel

Loans Warehouse and Brilliant Solutions were both dramatically removed from Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB)...

Gen H unveils interest-only strategy to tackle affordability gap

Gen H is launching the first phase of a three-part interest-only mortgage proposition today,...

Non dom changes create £401 million stamp duty black hole

It’s exactly nine years since 52% of the country voted to leave the EU....

Royal London pays record £751m in protection claims in 2024

Royal London has reported a record year for protection payouts, disbursing over £751 million...