General Insurance

First Complete and Pink offer BTL insurance system

First Complete and Pink have introduced a new buy-to-let insurance system for advisers. It launches with a...

NFU Mutual offering ‘Mutual Bonus’ rates

Those home owners, car drivers and business owners who are insured by NFU Mutual...

Source adds new lifestyle insurance product

Source Insurance has introduced a new lifestyle insurance product featuring enhanced cover options, widened acceptance and...

Stonebridge hails member productivity boost

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has reported a year-on-year quarterly increase in business applications...

Source reveals 2017 Masterclass event schedule

Source Insurance is to hold another round of Masterclasses this spring. Free to attend, Masterclasses...

Uinsure added to MAB’s general insurance panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has added Uinsure to its general insurance panel. MAB has also launched...

Brokers “missing out on millions” of GI commission

It has been claimed that mortgage advisers are missing out on millions of pounds...

Covéa Insurance joins Select & Protect panel

Select & Protect has announced that Covéa Insurance has joined its modular home insurance...

Dramatic fall in number of London empty homes

Over the past 10 years London has seen a major fall in the number of properties...

White paper encourages advisers to talk GI

Paymentshield has published a white paper which reveals why mortgage advisers should be broaching...

Homeowners taking risks with unauthorised renovations

57% of UK homeowners say they’ve had extensive work done on their properties and...

Over-50s facing financial services age discrimination

Over 50s insurer SunLife People has found that people aged 50 and over are...

Source powers SimplyBiz comparison sites

Source Insurance has worked with SimplyBiz Group’s website solution service, NextGen, to create a joint...

Joining up people and technology

The end of the first quarter is a good time for people to re-assess...

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,...

Latest news

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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