Individual Protection

Peter Carvill tries to understand why group critical illness appears to be underperforming and how advisers and providers are looking to change this Click here to download pdf (PDF, 2MB)

Sales related to PPI implosion

Everything seems to be going online at the moment, even the things that the protection industry said it wanted to keep within the realms of advisers. Peter Carvill questions the wisdom of such a move.

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....

When approaching later life, as term assurance comes to an end, clients do not want to be concerned with either increasing mortgage terms or reevaluating wills in order to avoid inheritance tax issues. By taking out whole of life cover instead, Simon...

Do you think that the introduction of Bright Grey's new cut-down CI policy, set to be sold exclusively online, will impact customers that would previously have visited an IFA? Is this the shape of things to come?

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...

Peter Carvill discusses how the group income protection markets are likely to fare over the next year Click here to download pdf (PDF, 3.8MB)

Vanessa Sallows highlights how employers can help employees through cancer diagnosis, treatment, recovery and getting back to work

Providers looking to enhance CI products must consider the effect on systems and pricing, and whether further underwriting is required. Julie Hopkins explores how cover can be retrospectively amended.