Opinion

With Mother's Day fast approaching - the 10th of March for those who don't know, or have more likely forgotten, it is worth considering new mothers, as often health concerns surrounding a new arrival lead parents to consider private medical insurance...

The Dilnot report in July 2011 recommended a cap on individual care fee funding of £35,000 for individuals with assets of more than £100,000.

The New Year did not start auspiciously for the Treasury simple products initiative and income protection insurance.

It's been some years since Dan Waters from the FSA first expressed concern about the use of platforms by advisory firms.

I wonder just what impact RDR will have on the protection industry. There are tiny shafts of light starting to show through in the form of unqualified advisers.

It was great news when the Coalition Government decided to look at what it could do to improve Britain's sickness absence record. It is an area of public policy that is important to get right if Britain is going to win the global race for business.

Mental health concerns have been high on the agenda of late, from adviser corporate client discussions to Association of British Insurers conferences and Labour leader Ed Miliband's speeches. How significant is this issue for employers and are insurer...

The benefits of group risk products are severley restricted if payouts are not recieved in a timely manner. John Ritchie airs his concerns.

Selling stuff is simple: a need must be identified, a product recommended to satisfy it and someone to sell it who gets paid for doing so. The protection world however is not so simple.

There has been a growing noise across the industry about the ability of the aggressive aggregators to pilfer protection business from financial advisers.