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CML backs government moves over flood insurance

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed government measures seeking to ensure that...

Royal London hires protection design head

Royal London has announced the appointment of Debbie Kennedy as its head of protection...

Berkeley Alexander hires new BDM team

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has hired an additional business development team and sales...

Jewellery loss tops insurance poll

40% of Brits have admitted to being parted with a valuable possession in the...

Tenet tackles ‘financial burden’ of PII

Tenet has written to advisers this week to confirm what is says is a...

Zurich launches support service

Zurich has unveiled a free and confidential support service for its protection customers and...

Openwork agrees MetLife distribution deal

MetLife and Openwork have agreed to the transfer of up to 930 of...

New service from lead generator

Lead generation agency e-finity Leads is launching its Click-to-Call service at the Financial Services...

New personalised intermediary platform from Select & Protect

General insurance provider Select & Protect has unveiled a new home insurance product which...

Landlords not maintaining safety measures

AXA Business Insurance has researched the largest concerns of the 8.3 million residential tenants...

English rents almost total £2.7bn pcm

Landlords in England are witnessing a booming rental market, with earnings from rental payments...

SunLife: Brits want straightforward, affordable life insurance

New research by SunLife has found that complexity could be putting millions off choosing...

Redundancy waivers – good idea or marketing gimmick?

Last month, one of our newest building societies launched the UK’s first ever mortgage...

Paymentshield adds to senior management team

Towergate Insurance has appointed Lee Mooney to the new role of product, marketing and...

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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