Group Protection

With the date for providers to apply the new Statement of Best Practice for critical illness cover passed, Nick Kirwan investigates why now is the time to win back consumer trust

Legal & General will launch a new group income protection (IP) product on 16 April, which aims to of...

With critical illness insurers covering nearly 40 different conditions, Johanna Gornitzki questions whether any of these illnesses should be scrapped

Scottish Equitable has joined forces with RED ARC to bring a new emotional support element to its group critical illness insurance

Growth in the group CI market is patchy, and in the absence of real product development it is down to advisers to help drive the market forward, writes Georgina Kenyon Click here to download pdf

The future is bright for group IP - as long as IFAs ensure employers realise it is an invaluable way of combating the effects of long-term absence, writes Johanna Gornitzki Click here to download pdf

The ABI critical illness (CI) working party has released its new Statement of Best Practice - here its chairman, Nick Kirwan, answers questions on what it contains and the future of CI

Protection from Bright Grey

New age discrimination legislation becomes law in October 2006. Kirstie Redford looks at the effects the resultant older workforce may have on employers' group insurance schemes

The increasing emphasis on rehabilitation will affect the basic role and responsibilities of advisers, say Helen Merfield and Joy Reymond