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Ageas sees off six-figure insurance fraud

Ageas has claimed defeat of a £100,000 insurance fraud case in Dorset. A judgment was...

Paymentshield claims record retention rates

Paymentshield has said that in 2012 it retained more policies than ever, with retention...

Connect Mortgage Club offers landlord insurance module

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC), part of the Connect Group, is now providing its appointed...

L&G offers mid and high new worth insurance service

Legal & General has launched Enhanced home insurance, designed for those customers in the...

Regulators publish guidance over new payment protection products

The FSA and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have jointly published final guidance...

Banks want PPI claim time limit

The FSA has confirmed rumours that it has been approached by the British Bankers'...

Ageas enhances CI proposition

Ageas has improved its critical illness cover. The new offering now covers 46 conditions, including...

Kevin Paterson to leave Assurant Intermediary

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary has quit the firm. Paterson (pictured) is...

Zurich paid 90% of CI claims last year

Zurich has published its 2012 critical illness claim statistics for its life policy customers...

LSL Financial Services appoints GI manager

LSL Financial Services has recruited Hannah Tasker to oversee general insurance across the financial...

Insurance broker banned and fined after “dishonesty and recklessness”

The FSA has banned insurance broker Harbinder Panesar from working in the financial services...

Ageas makes senior management changes

Ageas has made a number of promotions within its senior management team. Barry Smith...

PPI radio ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a radio advert from Payment Protection Partnership...

Bright Grey and Scot Prov boosted by Gender Directive

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have revealed that their life, critical illness and income...
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COMMENT

Comment

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

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