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With the rise in popularity of price comparison websites, Jon Finley explains how a fully functional website will provide advisers with the edge that they need to both retain and attract customers

While there are both good and bad predictions for the future of the protection market, Matt Morris explains that promoting an honest and transparent image to the public will be vital for growth.

Despite being cast as the black sheep of the insurance industry, there is a future for the payment protection insurance markets if they can gain the trust of consumers. Lucy Quinton reports.

The digestive system breaks down solid food to provide the body with important nutrients - so what happens when it fails to work as effectively as it should? Clare Guy reports.

How can the protection gap be tackled? Richard Verdin explains that better training can improve adviser service and boost sales - however, it must be targeted and comprehensive.

Following the release of his book Beat the Booze, which looks into alcohol addiction, Edmund Tirbutt provides a few sobering thoughts for the insurance community.

According to Alistair Sclare, outdated industry practices are holding back the private medical insurance market from embracing new technologies - but this could change, he says.

As UK general insurance brokers increasingly acquire IFAs, Chris Blackham offers a broker's view of the impact it is likely to have on the future of the advice market.

Many across the industry have been distinctly underwhelmed by the new Insurance Conduct of Business sourcebook but, as Lucy Quinton writes, it still holds a few surprises.

The modern obsession with the price of insurance risks seriously undermining the quality of products, and this is especially the case with budget protection, which has attracted a reputation, unfairly or otherwise, of being a bargain basement offering...