General Insurance

Nearly half of all homeowners leaving gardens uninsured

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

Direct Line ad banned

Direct Line has had an internet video advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority...

The Source becomes another preferred GI provider

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier of general insurance to the...

Exeter Family Friendly makes adviser-demanded changes

Exeter Family Friendly has made changes to its proposition, made as a direct result...

Blacks Connect offers insurance for purchase fall-through

Blacks Connect has unveiled a new service to brokers and their clients. It is an...

Ageas partners with NewLaw Solicitors

Ageas UK has launched a new partnership with NewLaw Solicitors to provide legal services...

The Source offers protection for home buyers

The Source has introduced a Home Buyers' Protection product. It covers clients’ upfront expenses if: The...

The Source offers broker marketing toolkit

Source Insurance has released a free broker marketing toolkit, including range of promotional materials,...

‘Motorsexual Men’ behind vanity-related crashes

2.2 million men have had a car crash over the past year while admiring...

Source Insurance teams up with Tenet

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier of general insurance to the...

Don’t let PPI scare you off selling insurance

Given the integral role that protection now plays in the average mortgage broker’s proposition...

PruProtect offers new protection client email tool

PruProtect has unveiled a free personalised email campaign service for intermediaries. The Connect tool, which...

Paymentshield makes senior appointment

Paymentshield has appointed Lee Gladwell as interim proposition director. Gladwell, who will...

Buy-to-let insurance service unveiled

BusinessInsuranceLine.co.uk, a new insurance quotes helpline and website, has been launched for buy-to-let property...

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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