Analysis

Last month, I covered some of the outstanding matters raised in the IP Task Force White Paper that need to be resolved in order to remove any potential consumer detriment at claims stage for income protection (IP) insurance.

Peter Carvill tries to understand why group critical illness appears to be underperforming and how advisers and providers are looking to change this Click here to download pdf (PDF, 2MB)

This year's budget did little for insurance

I welcome the publication of the new Income Protection (IP) Task Force White Paper.

Peter Carvill discusses how the group income protection markets are likely to fare over the next year Click here to download pdf (PDF, 3.8MB)

PMI must adapt and cover needs of ageing society

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...

While economies worldwide are grinding to a halt the success seen in the strength of sales from Group Life Insurance policies could not come at a better time. Peter Carvill examines the reasons for this Click here to download pdf (PDF, 4,467KB)

In July last year, the Pensions Institute of the Cass Business School published Death Shall Have No Dominion: Life Settlements and the Ethics of Profiting from Mortality.

The Healthcare cash plan is proving its resilience in the recession as contributors continue to increase. Peter Carvill asks if it will emerge at the front of this year's protection growth Click here to download pdf (PDF, 868KB)