General Insurance

The Source preferred partner for Right Mortgage and Protection

Source Insurance has joined the general insurance panel of The Right Mortgage and Protection. Although...

RSA to underwrite Cavere Home insurance product

RSA has been appointed as the sole underwriter for Cavere Home insurance products. The products...

2015: what cards are in the regulatory deck?

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”...

IMLA calls for a coherent housing strategy

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has called for a root and branch review...

Rebrand for specialist insurance brokerage

South Essex Insurance Brokers is now known as SEIB Insurance Brokers, with a new...

Target Group appoints director of change

Target Group has announced the appointment of Buddy Willard as director of change. Willard...

2015: don’t just focus on mortgage advice

Taking a break in the mortgage and property market is almost impossible given the...

Ageas and Virgin Money agree insurance deal

Ageas UK and Virgin Money have teamed up to create a range of home...

Brokers confident for 2015

A new survey has found that intermediaries are currently very confident about the future...

Landlords – a target for 2015

It seems there is no slowing of the growth in the residential private rental...

Insurer appoints farming figure to board

NFU Mutual has appointed Dr Christine Kennedy to its board of directors. Kennedy is a...

Duggan to leave Paymentshield

Gary Duggan, CEO of Paymentshield, is leaving his post to take up the position...

Aviva to take over Friends Life

The boards of Aviva and Friends Life have reached agreement on the terms of...

Home is where the office is for microbusinesses

84% of the UK's smallest businesses now use their home as a place of...
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Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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Building Societies

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...
Buy-to-let

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...
Appointments

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...
News

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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