General Insurance

Howden strengthens south Wales presence with five new appointments

Howden has added to its growing south Wales team with the appointment of five...

The Right Mortgage on the road with June ‘Opportunity Knocks’ tour

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network, together with The Right DA Club, has launched...

Mortgage Matters partnerships to streamline home insurance offering

Mortgage Matters has partnered with insurtech firm Uinsure and intermediary platform Acre in a...

FCA moves to simplify insurance regulations

The Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to streamline its insurance rulebook, in a...

Brokers eye non-standard GI market for future growth

Specialist lines in the UK’s general insurance market are seeing a marked uptick in...

Howden staff take to the skies for Maggie’s Cancer Care

Employees from Howden’s Corporate & Commercial offices across the UK are preparing to defy...

Source Insurance added to HL Partnership GI panel

Source Insurance has been added to the HL Partnership GI panel as it continues...

HLPartnership adds trio of providers to GI panel

HLPartnership (HLP) is expanding its general insurance (GI) panel. Following feedback from its brokers, the...

Berkeley Alexander appoints new BDM

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has announced the appointment of Grant Robinson as a...

The Cumberland partners with Uinsure

The Cumberland has teamed up with Uinsure and will now use the fintech to...

Paymentshield and Smartr365 partner to streamline adviser GI process

Paymentshield has partnered with mortgage and protection platform Smartr365 to unveil an integrated general...

Berkeley Alexander sees softening in home insurance premiums

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has published data that shows household buildings and contents...

Stonebridge sets completions record

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has revealed that its advisers arranged a record £13.5bn...

Prestige Underwriting partners with Ardonagh Advisory

Prestige Underwriting has announced a new strategic partnership with Ardonagh Advisory, a move set...

COMMENT

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

Latest news

Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for...

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers...

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...

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