General Insurance

Firm highlights aggregator site ‘risks’

Paymentshield has published a white paper which provides a overview and analysis of the risks...

Uinsure reveals competition winner

General insurance provider Uinsure offered brokers the chance to win one year of free home...

Ex-Ageas boss joins Uinsure

The former UK chief executive of Ageas has joined GI provider Uinsure. Barry Smith...

New hires for SimplyBiz Mortgages

SimplyBiz Mortgages has appointed Hannah Keane and Brian Wills as it develops its face-to-face contact...

IPT – call it what it is, a tax on consumers

It came as no surprise to the insurance industry that the Chancellor George Osborne...

BUDGET 2016: further hike in IPT

In today's Budget, George Osborne’s announced that the standard rate of Insurance Premium Tax...

Uinsure recruits new BDM

General insurance provider Uinsure has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) for Scotland and Northern...

FCA to pilot general insurance scorecards

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to pilot the publication of general insurance ‘scorecards’...

Where are household insurance premiums heading?

The average cost of home insurance fell by 3% last year, according to the...

Necessity fuelling renovation buyers

New research by Confused.com reveals that 35% of homeowners who bought a property that...

The myth of the south-facing garden

Despite estate agents and property experts promoting the benefits of a south facing garden, this...

Paymentshield expands home insurance panel

Paymentshield has appointed ABC Insurance, part of LV= Broker, to its home insurance panel. Launched in 2007,...

Over 50s sceptical about home insurance providers

24% of those aged over 50 say they do not trust home insurance providers...

The Source introduces landlord GI incentive

Source Insurance is offering a commission incentive on all landlord GI new business that...
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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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