General Insurance

New GI hires for L&G

Legal & General has announced two new hires within its general insurance division. Guy Whittaker...

‘Jetpack Jingle’ competition unveiled by Paymentshield

Paymentshield is running a Jetpack Jingle competition for advisers, with prizes available every day...

It’s a huge mistake to ignore GI and protection

While I appreciate that the Christmas party season is now in full effect, and...

Millions borrowing to pay for their insurance

New research from Premium Credit has found that more than two million people are...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network adds Berkeley Alexander to GI panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network have added Berkeley Alexander to its general insurance...

Paymentshield unveils interactive GI resource

Paymentshield has published a new interactive video designed to tackle some of the obstacles...

Paymentshield adds new tool to Adviser Hub

Paymentshield has expanded its Adviser Hub with the launch of a new tool called...

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...

COMMENT

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

Latest news

Rents set to rise by up to 5% as supply falls

UK rental growth is accelerating again as higher mortgage rates keep would-be first-time buyers...

Buy-to-let company formations fall as landlord incorporation boom slows

The number of new buy-to-let companies being established has fallen this year as the...

Mortgage sector wellbeing improves but burnout risks persist

Mental wellbeing across the mortgage industry has improved over the past year, although long...

Cyber attacks on property businesses rise 17% as hackers target client data

Cyber attacks against UK property services businesses increased by 17% last year as agents...

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