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Beating the bull … subject to regulatory approval of course

The insurance industry is renowned for its use of jargon. Despite great efforts made...

SME insurance broker fined by regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Moorhouse Group £159,300 for failures in relation...

Exeter Family Friendly paid 94% of IP claims

Mutual income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has revealed that 94% of all claims...

Why the network model is not dead

Perhaps understandably there has been a lot of focus (once again) on the future...

Paradigm on the road to Yorkshire

In April, Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, will be attending and hosting...

Former insurance broker banned for forgery

The Upper Tribunal has directed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to prohibit former insurance...

Stonebridge sees year-on-year completion rise

Stonebridge Group has reported a year-on-year increase in mortgage completion cases for the first...

Citizens Advice calls for end to “PPI scandal”

Citizens Advice has called on the banking industry to end the PPI scandal once...

New breast cancer only CI policy launched

Holloway Friendly has joined forces with financial services software company IfApps to launch a breast cancer...

My Earnings Insurance added to Personal Touch panel

Cirencester Friendly’s income protection product, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to the Personal...

Clydesdale Bank hit with £20m PPI fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed its largest ever fine for failings relating...

Why should the insurance industry care about the Consumer Rights Act?

The Consumer Rights Act merges all existing UK consumer protection laws and regulations and...

Exeter Family Friendly joins AMII

Healthcare and protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly is to join AMII (Association of Medical...

Cyber risk protection to boost SME insurance market

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) insurance market in the UK could exceed £8bn...

COMMENT

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

Latest news

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

Rely cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

Rely has reduced rates by up to 25 basis points across a range of...

House price growth slows to 0.1%: Lloyds

UK house prices remained unchanged in July as higher mortgage rates and global economic...

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