Analysis

UK and EU deliberations on extending anti-discrimination law to goods and services are still rumbling on and lobby groups continue to press for resolution of "unfinished business".

It is not surprising that whole of life is unpopular with consumers: the product, which gets more expensive as the policyholder gets older, seems particularly unattractive during a recession. Could it get any worse? Probably not. Peter Carvill asks if...

Last month's COVER Focus on income protection (IP) mentioned October's introduction of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as a prompt to the public to realise how little state support they would get if they were too ill to work.

The FOS reflects on outcomes of ABI guidance

Despite a drop in mortgage-related protection sales, the market is bearing up in the face of the recession. Peter Carvill investigates why some areas of TA are in fact skyrocketing Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.1MB)

Last year's high hopes that international PMI was set to boom have dissipated into uncertainty. Peter Carvill explores how the financial downturn has affected this previously confident market Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.4MB)

There is no doubt about it, 2009 is set to be yet another depressing year for MPPI. Inextricably linked with the mortgage industry, Peter Carvill asks how the product will fare Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.57MB)

Some long-awaited market innovation may help to boost declining individual CI sales in the immediate future but will it be enough to survive the credit crisis, asks Peter Carvill Click here to download pdf (PDF, 2.5MB)

In the harsh economic climate, PMI is hanging tough in the face of increased NHS funding. Peter Carvill examines how the individual product fares compared with its corporate big brother Click here to download pdf (PDF, 2.8MB)

With a growing customer base and an influx of new products, the group PMI sector celebrates yet another prosperous year. Sam Barrett explores the popular employee benefits Click here to download pdf (PDF, 2.5MB)