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Virgin Money re-enters home insurance market with Uinsure

Virgin Money is launching new home and landlord insurance products in partnership with Uinsure. The...

Berkeley Alexander launches new flexible ASU policy

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander, in partnership with speciality reinsurer Canopius, has announced the...

Uinsure adds 60 new team members

Uinsure has welcomed 60 new team members after securing several major insurance partnership deals. The...

Paymentshield unveils Refer and Protect proposition

Paymentshield has announced the full launch of its Refer and Protect proposition, with the...

Ceta transitions to ISO27001:2022

Ceta Insurance has renewed and updated its ISO27001 accreditation. Ceta has successfully transitioned...

HLPartnership secures investment from South African mortgage distributor

HLPartnership (HLP) has secured a strategic investment from BetterHome Group (BHG), the largest mortgage...

HSBC Life (UK) expands its valued added benefits

HSBC Life (UK) is expanding its Value-Added Benefits (VABs) to include policyholders' partners. The...

British Friendly appoints new head of marketing

British Friendly has announced the appointment of Pouja Barot as its new head of...

Paymentshield enhances quote process for landlord clients

Paymentshield is now offering an improved experience for advisers when generating insurance quotes for...

The Exeter appoints chief risk officer

The Exeter has announced the appointment of Gary Warman as chief risk officer, subject...

Insurers still unable to demonstrate fair value or good outcomes

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned insurers and brokers that while they have...

Ceta’s rewards programme reaches broker milestone

Ceta Insurance has announced that its broker and IFA reward programme has reached 1,000...

UK health system “becoming three-tier”

Clarity Health Insurance has argued that the UK is moving towards to a three-tier...

SBG launches two new protection propositions

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has expanded its protection offering for advisers to provide a...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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