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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COMMENT

Comment

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Regulation

Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...
Cover

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...
Compliance

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...
Building Societies

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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