General Insurance

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,...

The Source expands its household insurance panel

Source Insurance has added Covea to its household insurance panel. This brings the total number...

Assurant Intermediary deal “tremendous opportunity”

Ryan Direct Group is to acquire Assurant Intermediary Limited, subject to regulatory approval. RDG, an...

Beware of ghosts haunting the housing market

It’s not Halloween yet, but ghosts are already out and about in the housing...

One-fifth fib on insurance applications

18% of UK householders have embellished the truth or withheld information when applying for...

Nationwide cuts cost of home emergency cover

From 1 October, Nationwide Building Society is reducing the cost of its home emergency...

CML backs government moves over flood insurance

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed government measures seeking to ensure that...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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