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Individuals should contribute towards future long term care costs but insurers will face a difficult task providing schemes to suit, according to a survey conducted by law firm Pinsent Masons LLP.

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

In November, the UK Forum for Genetics and Insurance (UKFGI) published a report which it commissioned from Professor Sandy Raeburn and myself which suggested possible options for improving the genetics moratorium.

The implementation of the RDR, in consultation until 30 October, will impact on protection, both through the providers and directly on IFAs. Stephen Gay, director of distribution development at Aviva Life, Robert Kerr, head of distribution development...

The government has finally published its green paper on the future of social care. It proposes a new ‘National Care Service'.

The Government wants the UK insurance industry to work more closely with it to manage risks in society.

The government's Green Paper on reform of the care and support system may result in widespread sales of long term care insurance

Well we are deep in the heart of the summer months and, while the insurance industry is rather quiet in terms of providers and intermediaries, many official bodies have seen fit, perhaps cynically, to use the last month to release research results and...

The US government and benefits' systems is in need of serious reform. But how far has this situation gone? Paul Robertson talks to David John to find out.

This year's budget did little for insurance