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AXA joins Berkeley Alexander panel

Berkeley Alexander has announced AXA as the latest addition to the panel of household...

PTFS offers LifeQuote service

Personal Touch Financial Services' adviser firms now have access to LifeQuote. LifeQuote comparing product features...

Revamp for SME insurance website

Specialist insurance comparison website Constructaquote.com has rebranded its website. The website was initially set up...

Older customers missing out on insurance payouts

19% of over 60s have lost an item or had it stolen or damaged...

The Source improves landlords’ property insurance range

General insurance provider The Source has enhanced its range of property insurance products for...

Is non-standard the new norm?

10 years ago, if you had applied to an insurer for household insurance with...

Survey highlights life protection gap

Only 41% of adults in the UK surveyed say they have life insurance. And...

Pink Mortgage Club to hold DA roadshows

Pink Mortgage Club is to stage four mortgage roadshows for directly authorised advisers around...

The Source bolsters online payment functionality

Source Insurance has launched improved payment functionality within its quote and buy platform. The...

Paradigm heads to National Motorcycle Museum

Paradigm Mortgage Services will be taking its first post-Mortgage Market Review (MMR) roundtable event...

SourceLet offers free tenant referencing trial

SourceLet is offering letting agents and landlords the opportunity a free trial of its...

Exeter Family Friendly reveals claims data

Income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly paid 92% of all claims presented in 2013. Highlights...

LV= Broker unveils SME insurance product

LV= Broker is offering a new retail insurance product, which provides cover for a...

SimplyBiz endorses Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander has been awarded SimplyBiz ‘GI Partner of the Year’ for the second...

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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