ECJ

UK financial services firms, particularly insurers and banks, will be affected by a ruling on VAT by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) costing up to £100million.

Just weeks into his new position as managing director, Nicola Culley finds Roger Edwards heavily into a planning stage.

Employers need to ensure policies regarding holiday sick pay mirror their normal approach following last week's ECJ ruling.

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.

The debate between insurers and their ‘right' to assess risk against public policy concerns about unethical discrimination has come into sharp focus again with the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on gender discrimination.

Introducing gender-neutral rates will result in premium hikes for life insurance and critical illness (CI), HM Treasury has warned.

Zurich has urged advisers to be prepared for the impact of gender neutrality on their clients and business.

It's not just the Olympics that will make headlines in Britain next year - the gender pricing directive comes into force in 14 months. So what should IFAs do now to prepare for it? Duncan Heald investigates

Ever wondered why females tend to outlive males? Is gender a ‘short-cut' - a proxy to behavioural differences? Eli Friedwald takes a tour of the competing theories trying to explain the difference in life expectancy between the sexes

Exeter Family Friendly is believed to be one of the first insurers to publicly revamp its protection products to accommodate the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on gender based pricing.