General Insurance

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...

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...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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