General Insurance

The shocking cost of insurance fraud

Mortgage fraud is a concept we are all well aware of. It has...

Source Insurance unveils enhanced management information tool

Source Insurance has published details of a new addition to its software capabilities in...

Record number of new complaint cases for FOS

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) handled 2,161,439 initial enquiries and complaints from consumers over...

LV= introduces new insurance policy for caravan owners

LV= is to offer a new caravan insurance policy. Caravan equipment and awnings are covered...

SMEs look to grow following NI initiative

20% of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has been encouraged...

Ageas appoints marketing chief for RIAS and Castle Cover

Ageas has appointed Mark Hanson as marketing director for its two over 50s insurance...

Ingard network selects the Source

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to the Ingard network for...

Promotion for Berkeley Alexander’s Collinson

Berkeley Alexander has announced the promotion of Alan Collinson to business development director. Previously...

FCA to review insurance claims handling

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to conduct a thematic review of claims handling...

Source Insurance appoints operations manager

Mark Phillips has joined Source Insurance as the firm’s new operations manager. ...

TenetLime outlines adviser roadshow schedule

TenetLime has published details of an eight-strong schedule of mortgage, GI and protection roadshows...

Landlords offered insurance against pet damage

A specialist landlord insurance policy is to be launched this month by Dogs Trust,...

Julian Harris renews relationship with Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander is continuing as a preferred supplier of general insurance to the Julian...

Nearly half of all homeowners leaving gardens uninsured

The average UK garden now estimated to be worth nearly £2,000, but Lloyds TSB...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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Merry Christmas from Opus First Media!

Wishing you a Soup-er Christmas and a prosperous 2026! Between Christmas and the New Year...

Two-thirds of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Two-thirds of landlords are planning some form of growth activity in the year ahead...

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

Improving mortgage choice and lower rates ease affordability pressures for homebuyers

Homebuyers entering the market this Christmas are benefiting from improved mortgage choice and lower...

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