General Insurance

LV= appoints managing director for GI

LV= has appointed Steve Treloar as managing director, general insurance.  He is expected to join...

The Principality Building Society extends L&G relationship

Legal & General is to now offer its general insurance (GI) products through the...

Home insurance costs continue to fall

The cost of home insurance has fallen compared to a year ago, with an...

SunLife moves into home insurance

SunLife has launched its first ever home insurance product. The firm claims its home...

The AA: home insurance premiums have fallen too far

Premiums for home insurance are still falling despite industry concern that claims costs will...

The Source raises £7,500 for charity

General insurance firm Source Insurance recently celebrated raising £7,500 for charity by holding several...

Virgin Money pledges transparent home insurance offering

Virgin Money has launched a new range of home insurance policies. It says it guarantees...

Major repercussions from late payment proposals

Proposals from the government to penalise insurers who do not pay claims promptly and...

Don’t ignore SME clients

There are some 5.2 million small businesses in the UK according to the Federation...

New London BDM for Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander has announced the promotion of James Munro to business development manager (BDM)....

ABI reveals extent of insurance payouts

UK insurers paid out the equivalent of £77m in insurance claims every day, according...

‘Try-mendous’ competition unveiled by GI provider

General insurance provider Uinsure is giving its brokers the chance to cash in on...

Amazing spaces

The impact of stricter lending criteria combined with people buying their first homes later...

Uinsure makes changes to Defaqto tool

General insurance provider Uinsure has made a series of changes to its Defaqto Compare Tool to help...

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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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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