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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

When approaching later life, as term assurance comes to an end, clients do not want to be concerned with either increasing mortgage terms or reevaluating wills in order to avoid inheritance tax issues. By taking out whole of life cover instead, Simon...

The current economic crisis has generated a lot of criticism of the position of public sector workers and in the world of planet insurance, one group of employees could be exempt from the pain of the recession until 2011 - GPs who receive fees for medical...

Voice risk analysis has made the underwriting process more efficient. Richard Sheridan explains how this technology and human judgement can work together in other arenas.