General Insurance

Paradigm expands GI referral panel

Paradigm Protect has added a further commercial insurer, CDC, to its panel of general...

The Source streams staff songs to sell GI

The Source has launched a brand new addition to its new and improved platform released in December...

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,...

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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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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...

Walsham Brothers expands adviser reach with Paradigm Protect panel deal

Walsham Brothers has added Paradigm Protect to its growing list of distribution partners as...

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