General Insurance

‘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...

Berkeley Alexander hails ‘Struggle Service’ success

Berkeley Alexander now has 13 individual insurers and in excess of 50 individual products...

Personal touch appoints senior GI manager

Personal Touch has appointed Victoria Jefferies to the position of senior GI manager. Jefferies has...

L&G extends GI deal with the Newcastle

Legal & General's general insurance business has secured a five-year extension to the existing...

The Source added to HomeLoan Partnership’s GI panel

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to the HomeLoan Partnership network...

Pink launches AR life desk

Pink Network has unveiled a Life Desk facility to help appointed representatives (ARs) place...

Connect Mortgage Club teams up with Source Insurance

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to Connect Mortgage Club for...

Title insurer acquired

Inter Hannover has acquired London and European, the provider of title insurance and legal...

Kevin Paterson to head up Source Insurance

Kevin Paterson will be joining Source Insurance as its managing director in early April....

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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Afin Bank records £135m of mortgage approvals in first year

Afin Bank approved £135 million of mortgages during its first 12 months of operation...

Tandem Bank appoints southern account manager as second charge lending grows

Tandem Bank has appointed Lloyd Turner as southern account manager as it seeks to...

Darlington BS completes £530k interest-only remortgage for three applicants

Darlington Building Society has completed a £530,000 interest-only remortgage involving three applicants after several...

Simplybiz sets out August training programme for mortgage advisers

Simplybiz Mortgages has announced a month-long programme of online training for mortgage advisers and...

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