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£6.7m a day in wet weather payouts

The Associate of British Insurers (ABI) has estimated that claims due to the wet...

FCA wants GI add-ons market remedied

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a shake-up of the £1bn general insurance...

Aegon increases income protection payout rate

Aegon UK last year paid just over 93% of claims received, an increase of...

The importance of relationship management

House prices are booming again. Reports from Nationwide and Halifax show a surge in...

Exeter Family Friendly back on the road

Mutual healthcare and protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has announced the continuation of its...

S&P increases LV=’s rating

Standard and Poor’s has increased Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd (LVFS)’s rating from BBB+...

Ageas maintains BIBA relationship

Ageas is to continue to be a Principal Sponsor of BIBA’s national conference and...

The Source in top 100 companies list

The Source have been awarded a two-star grading, achieving 89th place in the Sunday...

Aegon improves protection payout percentages

Aegon UK has reported an increase in the value of life protection and critical...

New board appointment at Exeter Family Friendly

Exeter Family Friendly has announced that David Brand is joining as an independent non-executive...

Royal London appoints FD

Royal London has appointed Tim Harris as its new finance director. Harris, who will be...

Great start to 2014 for Berkeley Alexander

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander says sales via its distribution partners are up by...

Insurance bills set to rise?

It’s likely that many of your clients are going to see the cost of...

Aegon UK appoints protection director

Aegon UK has made changes to its protection business. Dougy Grant (pictured), previously retail strategy...

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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