General Insurance

22% AR growth for Stonebridge

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has reported growth in its business during 2014....

Uinsure joins The Right Mortgage Network panel

General insurance provider Uinsure has joined The Right Mortgage and Protection Network’s GI panel...

The Source relaunches with Personal Touch GI panel

Source Insurance has relaunched its relationship with Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS). All Source products...

Aviva wants reform to deafness claims procedure

Aviva has claimed that 85% of claims for industrial deafness fail to demonstrate any...

Berkeley Alexander unveils free remote training

Berkeley Alexander has introduced a new remote training facility for mortgage brokers and IFAs....

New build, new premium?

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported robust growth in...

Source Insurance also to ‘wear it, beat it’

General Insurance platform Source Insurance has become the latest financial services firm to support...

New appointment to PFS board

The Personal Finance Society has announced the appointment of Gary Shaughnessy to its board. He...

Beware neighbours’ renovations!

Around 3.7 million people have suffered property damage as a result of neighbours making...

Uinsure retains Defaqto 5-star rating

General insurance provider Uinsure has been awarded a Defaqto 5-star rating for the second...

Home insurance costs fall

The cost of home insurance has fallen over the last year according to the...

Uinsure made preferred GI provider by LMPS

Uinsure has been chosen by the new Lighthouse Mortgage & Protection Solutions (LMPS) proposition as...

Paymentshield unveils home emergency discount

Paymentshield is from today offering a 50% discount on its Home Emergency cover...

New Year, new start

Another year, another set of resolutions! Having reflected on their lives over the Christmas holidays...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Gen H launches affordability-focused mortgage scheme

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, which...

Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...