Opinion

Well we are deep in the heart of the summer months and, while the insurance industry is rather quiet in terms of providers and intermediaries, many official bodies have seen fit, perhaps cynically, to use the last month to release research results and...

Swiss Re's Term and Health Watch 2009 saw that income protection (IP) sales have risen in the last year. That upturn, however, has been directly attributed to the actions of HSBC. With sales of other protection products falling, what do these results...

Anne has recently been made redundant. As part of her employment package with her former employers, she was enrolled on a corporate PMI scheme. She wishes to carry on with this policy but does not believe that she can continue on the same terms as an...

PruProtect has launched two new products with a whole raft of developments that it thinks will reinvigorate the protection. What are your first opinions of the provider's work?

PruProtect has launched two new products with a whole raft of developments that it thinks will reinvigorate the protection. What are your first opinions of the provider's work?

Do you think that the introduction of Bright Grey's new cut-down CI policy, set to be sold exclusively online, will impact customers that would previously have visited an IFA? Is this the shape of things to come?

Jack and Jill are professional actors in their mid-fifties, based in London, with a variable rate mortgage of £800 a month. They work pretty regularly and do tutoring or administrative work when acting work is poor. They would like an income protection...

Do you think that the introduction of Bright Grey's new cut-down CI policy, set to be sold exclusive...

In light of the FSA's proposed regulatory fee increases for IFAs, do you think that advisers should have more input with the regulator on rules affecting their business? Should they be represented on the board?

In light of the FSA's proposed regulatory fee increases for IFAs, do you think that advisers should have more input with the regulator on rules affecting their business? Should they be represented on the board?