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Alan Lakey picks holes in the insurer practice of 'condition counting' in critical illness policies.

Leaked documents from the upcoming 2015 Budget have shown that the threshold for inheritance tax (IHT) is set to rise for the first time since 2009.

Advisers support the introduction of simplified protection products, with 79.4% seeing a place in the market for them, a survey has found.

The Chancellor's Autumn Statement has confirmed that the single settlement nil rate band on trusts will not come into effect in April 2015 following consultation responses.

CIExpert has given its verdict on Old Mutual Wealth's critical illness (CI) changes including conditions new to CI.

Old Mutual Wealth has expanded its critical illness (CI) plan ‘Protect' to 65 conditions and cover for all types of heart attack, vascular disease and extended cover for strokes.

The Skandia brand has formally disappeared from the UK, all the company's operations are now part of the Old Mutual Wealth brand.

The government is committed to developing alternative protection products but, as debt spirals, how far away are we? Paul Walsh investigates.