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Obesity and weight-loss surgery are serious and growing problems for underwriting insurances, as Nicky Bray explains

I treat life and critical illness as fairly commoditised products for perfectly healthy people aged under 35. Can I do more to help them in this area?

PMI brokers want efficiency, accuracy and security, so where is market support for a single portal providing access to all insurers? Alistair Sclare investigates

Technology is generally considered a ‘good thing' in insurance, having come a long way from such primitive beginnings. But which technology, and how does it fit protection? Stuart Hayman investigates

Greg Becker looks at how Ghana is leading the way in providing insurance - through mobile phones

With changes afoot in the critical illness market, Owain Thomas asks if its time for the sector to put aside its differences and move forward

Gail Maltby, chief executive of Paycare, and Neil Armitage, marketing director at Foresters Friendly Society, explain the reasons behind the growing trend of mutual societies working together.

It all began 25 years ago with the launch of the UK's first ever critical illness products by Abbey Life and Allied Dunbar. Scottish Provident's Jennifer Gilchrist looks back on a seminal moment in the history of protection...

While experience counts for something, training in a post-RDR environment should not be seen as a regulatory burden, says Julie Pardy

Kirsteen Grant looks at simple products as a key piece in the puzzle to help providers raise consumer awareness