Opinion

It's not often that people in financial services take a long view of the future, but earlier this year the Long Finance Forum of Futurists produced the report: In Safe Hands, on possible scenarios for the future of financial services heading towards 2050....

COVER has launched a campaign, initially in partnership with the Protection Review, to reform the practice of writing list-based occupational definitions (Activities of Daily Living and Working - ADL and ADW) for income protection.

COVER's editor Paul Robertson introduces the new website and invites you to come in and nose around.

Greg Becker fears the RDR may worsen consumer detriment as fewer people seek advice.

Phil Jeynes warns that removing components from simple products may mean weaker cover for clients.

The debate between insurers and their ‘right' to assess risk against public policy concerns about unethical discrimination has come into sharp focus again with the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on gender discrimination.

Speak up when leader's leave of absence risks rumour disease, says Kay Williamson

Video footage of COVER magazine's recent international private medical insurance (IPMI) Breakfast Briefing in association with Globality.

The FSA is currently consulting on its guidance for payment protection insurance (PPI) and potential replacement products such as short-term income protection (STIP).

Fraud is becoming a key target for the health insurance industry as it bids to stem the continued growth in medical inflation.