News

Lloyds Sets Aside Around £1.2bn To Cover Lease/Loan Mis-Selling

For years car finance rates, balloon payments and more have attracted criticism from consumers and various activists. Now it looks like the big lenders in the car finance market are going to take a hit. […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Extends Motor Finance Response Deadline to Dec 4 2025

Just a reminder that the deadline for industry responses to Motor finance rates has been extended until the end of 2025. Here’s the word from the FCA; We have extended the time firms have to […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Says More Time Needed to Look at Car Finance Compensation Issues

The latest from the FCA seems to suggest that the process of reaching a final decision on compensation schemes for some car lease/finance contract holders might take a while. Here’s the word; The Financial Conduct […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Extends Deadline on Respones to Motor Finance Complaints

Interesting extension from the FCA on car lease interest rates and finance, which suggests that the new Labour government will be seeking to amend, or cap the level of interest on things like EV car […]

Motor Insurance

Qover Enters The Irish Motor Segment, Taking the Embedded Route

This is one we missed from earlier in July, but worth noting as any brand entering the motor insurance sector in Ireland is always interesting. This time the approach is embedded cover, which offers the […]

Motor Insurance

EV Charging Cables: Policy Wording Could Be Better

Does the insurance industry have a problem with EV insurance? Maybe so, here’s some research on policy wordings on charging cables, which are an integral part of lease/ownership of course. Motor insurance experts at Defaqto are […]

Motor Insurance

As Drivers Rent, Rather Than Buy, GAP Cover is Booming

Avid Insurance Services Ltd (Avid), the fast-growing MGA that recently acquired IIGL, has launched its first A-rated GAP insurance product into the retail auto market. Steve Duxbury, head of ancillary motor at Avid, said the […]