ABI

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) remains confident there will be a viable simplified advice market post-retail distribution review (RDR) implementation and has said it is already seeing well developed plans.

Tidjane Thiam has been named as the next chairman of the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The Concordat and Moratorium on Genetics and Insurance has been extended.

Robert Morrison takes a look at critical illness cover and sings the praises of traditional CI over severity based policies.

The ABI has been consulting with medical professionals to re-word its heart attack definition.

The Association of British Insurers has thrown its support behind a Home Office announcement that imminent discrimination laws will not apply to the insurance industry.

Critical illness is a product beset by complexity - a situation not helped by a raft of changes set to arrive next year, says Edward Murray.

Short-term income protection is only part of the answer to the protection gap, the ABI has said.

Scottish Provident has added ABI+ definitions and reduced the rates on its life and critical illness cover.

Imminent legislation is going affect the amount of critical illness cover people get for their cash. Mark Jones looks at the EU Gender Directive