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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...

Home insurance firms “routinely overcharging” older people

Citizens Advice has claimed that home insurance companies are overcharging up to 13 million...

“No excuses” not to sell GI

Paymentshield has unveiled a new campaign which targets those mortgage advisers who have previously...

New BDM for the Source

Source Insurance has appointed Wayne Davies as business development manager (BDM) for Wales and...

Sustained growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has announced sustained growth in its business application and completions across its...

The Tipton selects Uinsure as exclusive GI supplier

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society has named Uinsure as its preferred supplier for...

SimplyBiz Mortgages launches Northern showcase

SimplyBiz Mortgages is to hold its final showcase for 2017 in Bolton. Following events...

Uinsure relocates its headquarters

General insurance provider Uinsure has relocated its headquarters to the XYZ building in Manchester's Spinningfields district. Uinsure's...

Paymentshield hails record month

Paymentshield has claimed that it had its most successful month ever in September. The company’s...

Uinsure appoints new BDM

Uinsure has recruited Tim Horne as business development manager for the Central region. Horne (pictured) has...

The Source partners with L&G for landlord insurance

General insurance provider Source Insurance has added Legal & General to its landlord property...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Stagg Mortgage Services appoints Paul Lewis as growth director

Stagg Mortgage Services has appointed Paul Lewis as its new growth director as part...

HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

Affordability pressures deepen in Wales and North East as rental divergence widens

Regional divergence within the UK’s private rented sector has become more pronounced, with new...

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