Opinion

Last month, I reported briefly on the abandoning of targets in the NHS following revision of the Department of Health's Operating Framework.

For COVER's editor, Paul Robertson, it's a case of wondering if protection markets really matter.

At the time of writing it has certainly been a season of manifestos.

With Iain Duncan Smith setting out the Department for Work and Pensions' general path forward yesterday, we now have a fairly good idea of where those sectors involving the protection and health insurance industry are headed.

In the horse trading between the Government and Opposition that took place in the run up to the election the Equality Bill received Royal Assent.

From pet cover to soap storylines, Kevin Carr dissects the latest protection industry developments in his exclusive monthly blog.

The politics of long-term care funding has become very contentious in the run up to the election and the debate has moved from a relatively rational debate on options for the future to emotive political point scoring.

In the first of his exclusive new series, Kevin Carr looks at the ups and the downs this month in the protection industry.

With Big-T and Little-T underwriting now common and significantly reducing non-disclosure issues, do you feel the industry is ready for a tele-claims service? Is there a demand for this, and is it necessary?

My client, Anne (39), is a divorced accounts executive with two primary-school-aged children. Her widowed and retired father, Brian (66), also lives with the family, and takes a significant role in childcare, allowing her to work full-time. What protection...