General Insurance

Storm Angus behind BTL insurance claim spike

Buy-to-let specialist insurer Simple Landlords has reported a surge in calls from landlords whose...

Clever Lending partners with Source Insurance

Master broker Clever Lending has teamed up with Source Insurance to provide a series of general insurance 'masterclass'...

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 &...

COMMENT

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

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FCA bans former law firm manager over £28m client money case

The FCA has banned a former law firm manager from working in financial services...

National Friendly expands adviser proposition with term assurance launch

National Friendly has moved further into the protection market with the launch of Friendly...

Nationwide names Richard Walker to lead intermediary sales and new-build business

Nationwide has appointed Richard Walker as head of intermediary sales and new build, bringing...

Saffron says brokers should look beyond labels on complex mortgage cases

Borrowers with non-standard incomes, unusual properties or international circumstances should not automatically be treated...

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