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L&G in GI deal with the Coventry

Legal & General and Coventry Building Society have announced a five year partnership to...

Gloucestershire most at risk from water escape

Over half a million pounds was paid out to park-home owners to fix damage...

Berkeley Alexander expands household panel

Berkeley Alexander has announced that the RSA Clearchoice household product had been added to...

Ski theft widespread

14% of people survey have had their ski or snowboard equipment stolen or lost...

Autumn Statement 2016: insurance tax hike

The chancellor announced a further hit on insurance premiums in the Autumn Statement. Philip...

£10m a day paid out on protection policies

UK insurers paid out the equivalent of £131 million to customers every day under...

Home insurance premiums on the increase

Average home insurance premiums have risen 3.5% to £123 in the year to October, according...

Britons turning a blind eye to crime

Latest research from Direct Line Home Insurance has found that 8% of Britons say they have been a...

ABI calls for IPT freeze

In advance of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) is urging...

BDM returns to Uinsure

General insurance provider Uinsure has appointed Louise Appollonio as business development manager for the...

CEO confirmed for expanding SunLife

Dean Lamble has been appointed as chief executive officer of over-50s insurance brand SunLife. He...

L&G creates new international insurance division

Legal & General Group has announced the formation of a new division, Legal &...

Prudential hires UK insurance CEO

Prudential UK & Europe has announced the appointment of Clare Bousfield as CEO for insurance,...

Zurich reveals GI and life claims data

Zurich has revealed that over £1 billion was paid out in claims during the...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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London exodus slows as leavers stay closer to the capital

The pandemic-era rush out of London is firmly in retreat with new figures showing...

Merry Christmas from Opus First Media!

Wishing you a Soup-er Christmas and a prosperous 2026! Between Christmas and the New Year...

Two-thirds of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Two-thirds of landlords are planning some form of growth activity in the year ahead...

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

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