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Hoyl Underwriting Management sees PI enquiry growth

Hoyl Underwriting Management (HUM), which offers intermediary PI insurance, has witnessed a large number...

Zurich signs up to Think, Act, Report

Zurich has joined the government’s Think, Act, Report initiative. Over 2.2 million employees...

Discovery takes remaining stake in Prudential JV

Discovery is to acquire the entire share capital of Prudential Health Holdings Ltd, the...

Consumers don’t want insurers checking social media

There is a lack of awareness about the information sources insurers can use, with...

Engage Mutual hires commercial sales manager

Engage Mutual has appointed Liz Timms as its commercial sales manager. She is tasked with...

The Insurance Bill – will it impact you?

Following a second reading in the House of Lords in the summer, it looks...

The Source extends landlord property panel

Source Insurance has extended its landlord property insurance offering. It has added Amlin to its...

Swinton trio fined and banned by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined three former senior executives of Swinton Group...

TMA and Pink Mortgage Club hold DA business conferences

LSL Property Services firms TMA and the Pink Mortgage Club are running a series...

Aegon UK joins protection campaign

Aegon UK has become the latest provider to pledge its support to the Seven...

My Earnings Insurance available on The Exchange

Cirencester Friendly’s new income protection contract, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to IRESS’...

Lack of personal protection for young women

Younger women are still not financially protecting themselves against breast cancer, the most common...

Engage Mutual releases £5k before probate

Engage Mutual has launched an adviser campaign to show how it can make quicker...

Paradigm to hold Belfast roundtable event

Paradigm Mortgage Services is heading back to Belfast for its next mortgage and protection...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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