Term Assurance

Sales related to PPI implosion

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)

It is not surprising that whole of life is unpopular with consumers: the product, which gets more expensive as the policyholder gets older, seems particularly unattractive during a recession. Could it get any worse? Probably not. Peter Carvill asks if...

Business owners should be aware that banks may not be able to provide credit and offer support in the frosty economic climate making business protection increasingly important, writes Jerry Bayman

Despite a drop in mortgage-related protection sales, the market is bearing up in the face of the recession. Peter Carvill investigates why some areas of TA are in fact skyrocketing Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.1MB)

Last year's high hopes that international PMI was set to boom have dissipated into uncertainty. Peter Carvill explores how the financial downturn has affected this previously confident market Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.4MB)

Coping with the loss of a loved-one is difficult enough without having to deal with financial burdens that remain. Peter Carvill explores which types of lifestage cover are most appropriate in the event of death

Fortis' long-awaited launch was worth the wait

The future is bright?

After the banks tightened their belts and restricted mortgage lending, the protection industry braced itself for a downturn in business. Yet as Peter Carvill points out, the opposite appears to be happening - for now.