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Berkeley Alexander hires new sales manager

Berkeley Alexander has announced the appointment of David Browne as its new sales manager....

FCA: financial crime risk still not being managed properly

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has established that a number of small banks and commercial insurance...

New head of sales for Select & Protect parent

Affinity and financial intermediary insurance provider, Hood Group, has appointed Alison Haines to the...

Hoyl Underwriting Management sees PI enquiry growth

Hoyl Underwriting Management (HUM), which offers intermediary PI insurance, has witnessed a large number...

Zurich signs up to Think, Act, Report

Zurich has joined the government’s Think, Act, Report initiative. Over 2.2 million employees...

Consumers don’t want insurers checking social media

There is a lack of awareness about the information sources insurers can use, with...

The Insurance Bill – will it impact you?

Following a second reading in the House of Lords in the summer, it looks...

The Source extends landlord property panel

Source Insurance has extended its landlord property insurance offering. It has added Amlin to its...

Swinton trio fined and banned by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined three former senior executives of Swinton Group...

SMEs lack business interruption plan

62% of UK SMEs – equating to around 2,900,000 businesses - may be leaving...

Flooding has no impact on premiums – yet

The average quoted premium for a combined buildings and contents insurance policy over the...

Berkeley Alexander appoints pair of BDMs

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has announced the appointment of two new business development...

Uinsure hires new national account manager

GI provider Uinsure has appointed Mark Hutchings to the position of national account manager. He...

Paymentshield expands home insurance panel

Paymentshield has announced the addition of Zurich to its home insurance panel. Zurich joins Ageas,...
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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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