Underwriting

Death in service benefits can pose tax and pension problems for high earners, while smaller firms have trouble getting underwriting. Jerry Bayman suggests looking at single life Relevant Life policies

Paul Robertson talks to Ian Bird about the little known benefits that many companies offer their staff and the more cost effective products on offer to them

Children from the lower classes are more likely to become obese than peers from wealthier backgrounds, a report has found.

Anne Llewellyn examines the consequences and underwriting ramifications of this little known disease.

Swiss Re believes the insurance and reinsurance sectors will continue their "U-shaped" recoveries in 2010 alongside the major global economies.

With the Law Commission's reform of insurance contract law almost complete - is the industry ready for change? Will the new law reflect the current industry practice and last another 100 years, asks Gill Salton?

Unum has announced the roll out of its ‘intelligent' electronic underwriting system, UnumOnline, for financial advisers

Disability claims are needlessly rising and likely to continue doing so, it has been argued.

Lupus is an autoimmune disorder which varies in severity from mild to life threatening and can therefore be of little or great significance for life and disability cover.

Since April we have been hearing growing reports of a new strain of influenza virus, officially named 'H1N1' and, more commonly, 'swine flu'. Fergus Bescoby asks: What does it all mean to the insurance industry?