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Products evolve with their client base, so what should we be looking for as the UK ages? Stuart Hayman investigates likely changes

Inheritance tax planning and providing funeral costs are the typical uses for whole of life products, but Owain Thomas discovers there is more to it than just covering your financial burdens

How can the insurance industry address changing healthcare and wellbeing needs in the 21st century? Mike Benton suggests a radical change in focus

My client is 42 and runs a consultancy in the oil industry. As a result he has to travel extensively, including contracts in dangerous and high disease risk countries such as Algeria, Sudan and Nigeria. He has already arranged international private medical...

The dental benefits market is changing. Pam Whelan runs through what brokers need to know to keep up to date

The commoditisation of insurance and the economic climate is increasing the pressure on carriers to process claims cost-effectively. Larry Jacobson looks at how claims technology needs to be rethought to re-gain a lead in the market

Dissatisfaction over certain private medical insurers' financial arrangements with consultants has spilled into the political arena. Edward Murray examines what lies behind the headlines

The term assurance sector has been slow and steady recently, but as Owain Thomas writes, it could do with a boost from the housing market

After four years with Swiss Re's Australia and New Zealand business, Russell Higginbotham believes the UK could import some ideas from the Australian life and health market

ICOBS is son of ICOB, but has it lived up to its expectations? Julie Pardy investigates