General Insurance

English rents almost total £2.7bn pcm

Landlords in England are witnessing a booming rental market, with earnings from rental payments...

SunLife: Brits want straightforward, affordable life insurance

New research by SunLife has found that complexity could be putting millions off choosing...

Redundancy waivers – good idea or marketing gimmick?

Last month, one of our newest building societies launched the UK’s first ever mortgage...

Paymentshield adds to senior management team

Towergate Insurance has appointed Lee Mooney to the new role of product, marketing and...

The Source offers more for non-standard properties

Source Insurance has extended its reach in the non-standard household insurance market with enhancements...

Ageas hires new commercial underwriting head

Ageas Insurance has announced the appointment of Cathy Taylor to the position of head...

Upsizers not reviewing life cover

64% of people who have moved up the property ladder in the past five...

Paymentshield launches ‘Home Sweet Home’ toolkit

Insurance provider Paymentshield has unveiled a 'Home Sweet Home' campaign to assist in offering...

The Source makes further rate cuts

Source Insurance has once again reduced premiums for household and landlord property insurance. It made...

£8m FCA fine for Stonebridge

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Stonebridge International Insurance £8,373,600 in relation to...

SMEs ignorant of insurance needs

The good news is that the number of SMEs in the UK is at...

The Family BS to use Genworth’s mortgage insurance

Genworth has announced a new relationship with the Family Building Society, part of National...

Unmarried families less likely to have life cover

Only 23% of unmarried couples who jointly own or plan to jointly own a...

TMW partners with Rentguard Insurance

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has joined forces with Rentguard Insurance to offer all new...
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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...
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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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