Analysis

Growth in the group CI market is patchy, and in the absence of real product development it is down to advisers to help drive the market forward, writes Georgina Kenyon Click here to download pdf

The future is bright for group IP - as long as IFAs ensure employers realise it is an invaluable way of combating the effects of long-term absence, writes Johanna Gornitzki Click here to download pdf

It will take more than stagnant demand to kill off the healthcare cash plan. The resilient market, which was big in the 1960s, has endured worse and lived to tell the tale, writes Peter Madigan Click here to download pdf

Despite more families facing huge inheritance tax bills, whole of life, which provides cover against death duty, is in the doldrums. But all is not lost, writes Johanna Gornitzki Click here to download pdf

Plummeting prices have failed to save the term assurance market from sliding new sales. Far from revitalising the sector, slashing rates could be making matters worse. Peter Madigan reports Click here to download pdf

With income protection failing to break new ground, has it become destined to remain one of the niche products in the market? Johanna Gornitzki investigates Click here to download pdf

The boom times are here for the international private medical insurance market. The only problem is, advisers don't seem to be aware of it. Peter Madigan investigates Click here to download pdf

Have sales of mortgage payment protection insurance been affected by the introduction of general insurance regulation earlier this year? Johanna Gornitzki investigates Click here to download pdf

Critical illness (CI) has finally succumbed to the slump that has been blighting the protection market. But resurrecting the product may be an issue of reinvention as Peter Madigan discovers Click here to download pdf

Could the new pension legislation, which comes into effect in April 2006, offer fresh growth opportunities for the dormant group life assurance market? Johanna Gornitzki investigates Click here to download pdf