General Insurance

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...

TRMC adds Uinsure as a preferred GI partner

TRMC (The Right Mortgage Club) has chosen Uinsure as one of its preferred partners...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

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...

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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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