General Insurance

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...

Shawbrook Bank to offer title insurance on residential purchases

Shawbrook Bank has announced the availability of title insurance for residential purchases as...

First Complete expands GI panel

First Complete has added Let Alliance, the specialist landlord and tenant building and contents...

Partnership hires compliance chief

Partnership has appointed Joanne Evans as director of compliance. She will be responsible...

The Source hires a pair of field-based BDMs

Source Insurance Ltd has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs) to its sales...

Apple goodies up for grabs with Source competition

Source Insurance has launched a prize draw competition for brokers during the month of...

Paradigm offers Blacks’ buyer protection

Paradigm Mortgage Services' members will now be able to offer their clients the Blacks...

Homeowners advised to check policies for garden cover

37% of UK homeowners don’t know if the contents of their garden are...

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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