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The Consumer Insurance Act is the first formal change in law in this space for more than 100 years. Paul Dalgliesh looks at the implications for insurers and advisers.

So, income protection has been left out in the simple product cold. John Bridge assesses whether it will ever join the gang.

Group protection is under significant price pressure. Paul Avis explains why and offers a few suggestions to support clients who may be shocked by the cost.

Nicola Culley asks if the introduction of auto-enrolment will deliver new business to the group life market or if employers burdened by the extra costs will cut back.

This month, Jason Hurley stays close to home in the UK, looking a new, possibly industry-changing, way of branding and distributing insurance.

It is no secret that protection is on the minds of most - if not all - existing retail investment platforms. And the first to come to the fore was Nucleus, with its new investment-linked life assurance proposition.

Jo Miller examines new research showing the industry needs to explore new ways to communicate the rewards of protection products.

In February, the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) held their first conference called ‘The Value of Advice.' Joint chair Tish Hanifan talks to Fiona Murphy about long term care advice and the impact of the forthcoming care cap

A recent FSA consultation gave a reprieve to the mutual sector from a possibly fatal course of action. Gareth Evans explains.

The Frost/Black review addressing long-term sickness absence can help drive UK growth, but SMEs are core, says John Letizia.