General Insurance

Source Insurance diverts Christmas marketing spend to homelessness charity

Source Insurance has donated its entire Christmas marketing budget to The Huggard, a Cardiff-based...

FCA confirms rule simplifications for insurers and signals wider reviews

The Financial Conduct Authority has finalised a series of reforms designed to simplify insurance...

MorganAsh backs new CII guidance on supporting vulnerable customers

MorganAsh has welcomed the publication of new customer vulnerability guidance from the Chartered Insurance...

First2Protect unveils Acturis-built broker portal to streamline insurance referrals

First2Protect has launched a new broker portal designed to give mortgage advisers a faster...

Financial education boosts demand for protection insurance

Young adults who receive financial education are significantly more likely to buy protection insurance...

Peace of mind matters more than price in home insurance, research finds

A new study by general insurance provider Paymentshield has found that nearly half of...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities...

Acre integrates LV= home insurance to streamline adviser process

Acre has integrated LV= General Insurance into its mortgage platform, giving advisers instant access...

Nationwide relaunches home insurance range with new Aviva partnership

Nationwide has relaunched its home insurance range, introducing two new products – Enhanced and...

Three more top lenders back Take Me Home Christmas charity concert

Support is flooding in for the mortgage industry’s biggest charitable event of the year...

Brokers call for signposting as non-standard insurance demand grows

Growth in demand for non-standard insurance is exposing gaps in cover that brokers say...

Fintel launches Omnicore standalone distribution platform

Fintel has launched an intelligent distribution platform designed to provide a strategic conduit between...

The Right Mortgage appoints new insurance development manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has bolstered its senior team with the appointment...

Source Insurance backs eco-focused start-up Insure4Nature

Source Insurance has partnered with ethical home insurance start-up Insure4Nature in a move that...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...

Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...

Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

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