General Insurance

Home extenders falling foul of insurance policies

In a bid to avoid the hassle and cost of moving, 90% of homeowners...

New landlords insurance product for The Source

The Source has added Landlord’s Choice to its buy-to-let insurance panel. It said the move...

Home insurance costs falling

The overall cost of home insurance continues to fall year-on-year, according to analysis of...

LV= joins The Source’s home insurance panel

Source Insurance has announced the addition of LV= to its home insurance panel. LV= joins...

Duncan Bannatyne to open FSE

TV 'dragon' Duncan Bannatyne will open the Financial Services Expo (FSE) on 1 October...

Accidental landlords lacking cover

Around one in four residential landlords in the UK have the wrong or no...

New faces at Paymentshield

Paymentshield has recruited six new business development managers (BDMs) following two new deals with...

First Complete expands GI panel

First Complete has appointed Smith Greenfield, a specialist provider of general insurance for high...

Some people need just a little more help

It probably will come as no surprise to intermediaries that a recent study published...

Brokers shun ‘snail mail’

Less than 2% of brokers recently surveyed wanted to receive communication from their general...

Partnership appoints deputy CFO

Partnership has appointed Richard Everett as deputy chief financial officer (CFO). He will be...

Source improves sum insured accuracy

Source Insurance has integrated the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) online tool for...

Record times at Uinsure

Business to business general insurance provider Uinsure is celebrating its best month ever for...

New website from the Source

Source Insurance has unveiled its new website, which includes a range of improvements and...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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