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Significant recent fall in home insurance premiums

New research from insurance market research firm Consumer Intelligence has found that between June...

Hertfordshire GI broker acquired

General insurance broker Libra Insurance Services has been acquired by consultancy firm Jelf. Jelf, which...

Insurance scheme behind the Monmouthshire’s FTB growth

Genworth has revealed that its client, Monmouthshire Building Society, has significantly upped the number...

L&G doubles its lifetime mortgage target

Legal & General has doubled its target for lifetime mortgages and now expect to...

LifeQuote launches premium and sum assured quotations

LifeQuote has launched a premium driven service to support the traditional sum assured approach,...

Review into financial advice access unveiled

A new review looking at how financial advice could work better for consumers has...

Income protection provider appoints new account manager

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Jessica Arthurs has been appointed as an account manager. Previously senior...

The IPT shockwave

Chancellor George Osborne caught the insurance industry by surprise with a Budget announcement that...

Lloyds sets aside a further £1.4bn for PPI redress

Lloyds Banking Group has reported statutory profits for the first half of 2015 of...

L&G in talks over French business sale

Legal & General Group has entered into exclusive negotiations after receiving a binding offer...

RBS expects further action from regulators

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has admitted that it continues to be party to...

Fleet Mortgages outlines roadshow appearances

Fleet Mortgages has set out its appearances at a timetable of summer and autumn...

IRESS unveils new sourcing product

IRESS has launched XPLAN Mortgage, its new product for mortgage intermediaries. The firm aims...

Senior GI hire for SunLife

SunLife has announced a new senior appointment. Simon Stanney has joined the business as general...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

Afin waives legal fees on remortgages in broker push

Afin Bank is offering free legal fees on remortgage applications submitted before the end...

Conveyancing delays blamed by 65% of buyers

More than six in ten homebuyers say conveyancing is the biggest cause of delays...

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