General Insurance

Plum deal for the Source

Source Insurance has added specialist home insurer Plum Underwriting to its online platform. The additional...

Millennials targeted by new insurance cover

Ageas has unveiled new app-based insurance cover for 'millennials' to protect their possessions and experiences. With...

Marketing to the younger generation

In order to appear ‘down with the kids’ I will begin this article with...

PI insurer declared in default by FSCS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared Enterprise Insurance Company PLC in default. It...

Uinsure becomes preferred GI partner for Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services has named GI provider Uinsure as a preferred partner for general...

Stonebridge Group unveils DA proposition

Stonebridge Group has launched Stonebridge Genus, its new proposition for directly authorised (DA) advisers. ...

Brits underinsuring prized possessions

MoneySuperMarket has analysed home insurance quotes and believes Brits are underinsuring the contents in...

FCA: widespread poor practice in GI AR oversight

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found significant shortcomings in the control and oversight...

It’s a digital world

If there are any die-hard Madonna fans out there, forgive me for paraphrasing but...

Brits dreaming of their own business

More than 1.3 million Britons are thinking about starting their own business in the next 12 months,...

FCA fines Towergate and former director

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Towergate Underwriting Group £2,632,000 for failings in...

Insurance industry facing ‘customer expectation challenge’

Target Group's latest whitepaper Myth v Reality: The Expectation Gap in the UK Insurance Industry has found that...

Paymentshield improves quote results screen

Paymentshield has unveiled an enhancement to its quote and apply system aimed at providing...

Brits underinsuring valuable jewellery

17% of Britons surveyed believe they own jewellery that could be considered vintage or...

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...

Latest news

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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