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At a key time for state and insurance sector relations, Owain Thomas meets the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services' new chairman, Jonathan Evans MP

Has the government's long awaited spending review focused the publics' mind on protection and health insurance to any meaningful degree, and do you think the industry will capitalise on it?

The Government is to bring in a single credit for those out of work, for whatever reason.

Trade body Group Risk Development (Grid) is to submit a last minute submission to the Government in an attempt to get insurers and employers an exemption from retirement age legislation pertaining to protection products.

Insurers and re-insurers are experts in long-term group risk in all kinds of areas.

Peter Barnett, policy adviser to the House of Lords, says October's spending review will have a direct effect on financial services.

There is to be a cap on the overall amount of benefits a family can receive from the state.

With change in the air for the NHS, Ian Talbot discusses the importance of absolute clarity when advising clients on private healthcare

With the Government publicly looking to significantly cut welfare benefits spending, is it compliant with regulation for advisers to be raising clients' awareness of this and using it as a tool to increase protection sales, bearing in mind that the widows...

Last month's issue included a fascinating article on the concept of outsourcing disability benefits to the mutual insurance sector and an income replacement top-up which would be paid in addition to State Benefit (page 6 COVER Aug 2010).