General Insurance

Is non-standard the new norm?

10 years ago, if you had applied to an insurer for household insurance with...

Survey highlights life protection gap

Only 41% of adults in the UK surveyed say they have life insurance. And...

Pink Mortgage Club to hold DA roadshows

Pink Mortgage Club is to stage four mortgage roadshows for directly authorised advisers around...

The Source bolsters online payment functionality

Source Insurance has launched improved payment functionality within its quote and buy platform. The...

SourceLet offers free tenant referencing trial

SourceLet is offering letting agents and landlords the opportunity a free trial of its...

LV= Broker unveils SME insurance product

LV= Broker is offering a new retail insurance product, which provides cover for a...

SimplyBiz endorses Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander has been awarded SimplyBiz ‘GI Partner of the Year’ for the second...

Fall in FCA complaints

Barclays Bank Plc has once again topped the table for complaints. The bank received...

Gr8 move by insurer, lol

Columbus Direct, the travel insurance specialist, has re-vamped and updated its entire policy wording...

Extent of neighbourhood disputes revealed

New research from Churchill Home Insurance has revealed that last year there were over...

£6.7m a day in wet weather payouts

The Associate of British Insurers (ABI) has estimated that claims due to the wet...

FCA wants GI add-ons market remedied

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a shake-up of the £1bn general insurance...

The importance of relationship management

House prices are booming again. Reports from Nationwide and Halifax show a surge in...

Ageas maintains BIBA relationship

Ageas is to continue to be a Principal Sponsor of BIBA’s national conference and...

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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...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

Credit search vs credit scoring

The terms credit score and credit check are often used interchangeably by consumers, many of whom assume they mean the same thing. Yet understanding...

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Bank of England expected to hold interest rates at 4.5% amid economic uncertainty

The Bank of England is widely expected to maintain interest rates at 4.5% when...

£6.5k bill for homebuyers who miss stamp duty deadline

Rent and mortgage spending rose 7.7% year-on-year in February, as more homeowners moved from...

Advice Guru partners with Pure Retirement to support broker education

Financial adviser learning platform Advice Guru has announced a new sponsorship partnership with Pure...

Nationwide ups LTV limits for interest-only and foreign national borrowers

Nationwide has announced changes to its mortgage lending criteria, increasing the maximum loan-to-value (LTV)...