General Insurance

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...

SimplyBiz Mortgages unveils portfolio review facility with Uinsure

In conjunction with Uinsure, SimplyBiz Mortgages has launched a portfolio review service for its...

FTB enthusiasm for advice doesn’t extend to home insurance

While a record number of first time buyers are using intermediaries to arrange mortgages,...

Paymentshield highlights importance of conversation

A recent YouGov poll of 2,088 consumers for Paymentshield found that half of people prefer...

Best small company award for Source Insurance

 Source Insurance has been declared the 26th best small company to work for in the UK.  It...

Two new roles at Paymentshield

Richard Alger has been appointed as head of broker proposition at Paymentshield. He will...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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VAS appoints head of IT and business systems

Valuation panel management firm VAS has appointed Lewis Birdsworth as head of IT and...

Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

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