CI
Individual Protection
The taxation of trusts written for whole of life policies can easily be reduced. Ian Smart explains the Rysaffe Principle.
12 October 2012
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6 min read
PMI
Keep It Simple Stupid: The Review of Simple Financial Products is a significant strategic development in the protection sector. Richard Walsh highlights some key issues and a few problems in the making.
21 September 2012
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7 min read
Group Protection
As embattled employers look for ways to offer low-cost employee benefits, group critical illness could be just the ticket. So why is the GCI market only one-twentieth the size of group life? Nicola Culley investigates.
30 July 2012
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7 min read
Group Protection
Market surveys are nothing without analysis. Paul Avis finds Swiss Re's latest highlights a few worrying trends in group markets but also a number of opportunities.
27 July 2012
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6 min read
Critical Illness
Robert Morrison takes a look at critical illness cover and sings the praises of traditional CI over severity based policies.
26 June 2012
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7 min read
Regulation
Imminent legislation is going affect the amount of critical illness cover people get for their cash. Mark Jones looks at the EU Gender Directive
22 May 2012
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6 min read
Income Protection
LV= has big plans for 2012. Paul Robertson interviews one of the industry's most prominent Welshmen, Mark Jones.
16 February 2012
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7 min read
Underwriting
My 45-year-old client was made redundant due to the recession, but has recently started a new yet much lower-paid job. With his income protection (IP) policy covering his last wage level, he is now over-insured and would not be able to claim his full...
14 February 2012
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4 min read
Group Protection
Paul Avis discusses the benefits and pitfalls for advisers considering the group protection sector.
10 February 2012
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7 min read
Critical Illness
Critical illness products are continually evolving worldwide. With this in mind, Greg Becker checks out some interesting developments in Hong Kong.
09 February 2012
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4 min read
