MPPI

The FSA is being criticised for coupling short-term income protection (IP) with payment protection insurance (PPI) in a letter warning providers about contract terms.

Last month the Income Protection (IP) Task Force published White Paper II outlining the Task Force's thoughts on the current state of the IP market, Peter Carvill examines what consumers need and how the Task Force will respond to them in light of this...

Was the ban on payment protection insurance (PPI) sales by credit providers at the point at which credit is taken out a victory for consumers?

Insurers try to restore broker confidence in MPPI

There is no doubt about it, 2009 is set to be yet another depressing year for MPPI. Inextricably linked with the mortgage industry, Peter Carvill asks how the product will fare Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.57MB)

Aifa's new policy director talks to Paul Robertson about issues affecting IFAs - from challenges of the RDR, to TCF deadlines and the ongoing PPI investigation - plus Kylie Minogue

The future is bright?

Despite being cast as the black sheep of the insurance industry, there is a future for the payment protection insurance markets if they can gain the trust of consumers. Lucy Quinton reports.

Forever tarred with the same brush as its cousin payment protection insurance, MPPI has still not been given the opportunity to flourish. Barbara Cockburn insists that the time is now. Click here to download pdf

The myth that income protection is limited to those with medium to high levels of disposable income is something the industry is keen to dispel. Mark Anders explains