General Insurance

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...

Research highlights mental health impacts of burglary

Over one million people who have been burgled in the UK felt so unsafe...

Home insurance market “increasingly competitive”

The average quoted premium for a typical combined home buildings and contents policy has...

Young people more at risk of burglary

18% of young people aged between 25-34 say that they have had their home...

L&G partners with Prestige Underwriting Services

Legal & General and Prestige Underwriting Services have announced a strategic partnership between the...

One-third of tenants think they can take fixtures or fittings

30% of people who have rented a property in the last five years think...

Burst water pipes major cause of insurance claims

Legal & General has revealed that one of the major reasons for home insurance claims is...

Zurich returns to Source household panel

Source Insurance has announced the return of Zurich to its household panel. The bedroom rated...

Paymentshield improves emergency and legal cover

Paymentshield has launched upgrades to its home emergency and legal expenses cover following  the appointment of...

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

Market study into digital comparison tools

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into digital comparison...

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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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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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