UK Insurance Trends

Legal & General Invests £140m in New Leeds Housing Project

L&G continue to expand their urban housing portfolio, as this new development in Leeds gets the green light; Legal & General (‘L&G’) and Glenbrook has announced the funding of a £140m residential development in Whitehall […]

Insurance Regulation

Flood Risk: Defra Wants New Thinking on SUDS Rules

Defra has set out new regs on housebuilding which will require developers to make fewer connections to mains sewers and drainage systems. In theory this should lead to reducing the localised flood risk during times […]

Insurance Brokers

Is The Buy-To-Let Boom Over, Or Just Relocating?

For brokers who insure buy-to-let landlords and affordable housing property groups, it’s a tough time right now. There are immense activist pressures on all governments to increase the tax burden on landlords, whilst at the […]

News

EU Proposes to Reduce Asbestos Exposure in Workplaces

Today, the EU Commission presents a new approach to better protect people and the environment from asbestos and ensure an asbestos-free future. The package includes: A Communication on working towards an asbestos-free future, tackling asbestos in […]

Opinion

The Interview: Talking Levelling Up Housing With Andrew Kail at LGRI

There’s no doubt that the UK is short of good, affordable housing and has been for decades. Whatever you think about the so-called `levelling up’ agenda, it’s interesting to see major insurance companiesbecoming serious investors […]

News

Phoenix Group Invests £90m In Social Housing Projects

Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, announces that it has provided £90 million of long-term funding by means of a private placement to Alliance Homes, a regulated social housing provider. The […]