General Insurance

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...

Berkeley Alexander hires new BDM team

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has hired an additional business development team and sales...

Jewellery loss tops insurance poll

40% of Brits have admitted to being parted with a valuable possession in the...

Tenet tackles ‘financial burden’ of PII

Tenet has written to advisers this week to confirm what is says is a...

New service from lead generator

Lead generation agency e-finity Leads is launching its Click-to-Call service at the Financial Services...

New personalised intermediary platform from Select & Protect

General insurance provider Select & Protect has unveiled a new home insurance product which...

Landlords not maintaining safety measures

AXA Business Insurance has researched the largest concerns of the 8.3 million residential tenants...

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...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Latest news

Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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