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FEATURE: A very real building & contents story

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary, describes a very real B&C scenario It's...

COMMENT: Time to take off the rose-tinted glasses

Peter Beaumont, chief executive of Residential Property Solutions, wants intermediaries to capitalise on sale...

Leadpoint: get fresh for the weekend

LeadPoint, is warning brokers that they are missing out on business by ignoring weekend...

COMMENT: live for today

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, offers some wise words for the...

ADVICE: understand B&C add-ons

Take time to understand B&C add-ons, advises Kevin Paterson of Assurant Intermediary Additional covers -...

ADVICE: Second chance still available

Don't write off the secured loan sector, warns Phil Whitehouse, head of The Mortgage...

ADVICE: Going back to school

Are you prepared for September, asks Justin Rees, head of marketing at Leadpoint UK The...

ADVICE: being content with your clients’ cover

It could be worth de-bundling your clients' contents cover from their buildings insurance, writes...

ADVICE: be there for your old clients

It's good to talk, argues Richard Hurst, director of the Charlbury Group As tales of...

ADVICE: You need trust and confidence

Advisers who inspire trust and confidence should make the most of clients' protection needs,...

COMMENT: Bundles of funds

Bob Hunt, chief executive of Paradigm Mortgage Services, is watched Abbey's bundled strategy with...

FEATURE: Universal ambitions

Harpal Singh, managing director of Conveyancing Alliance Ltd, is buoyed by Bank of China's...

FEATURE: Getting back to basics with general insurance

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary gives handy advice to intermediaries looking...

FEATURE: England expects… that every credit broker will do his duty

Simon Engelsman, legal counsel for Tiuta plc, highlights some of the thorny legal issues...
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COMMENT

Artificial Intelligence

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

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