Spending Review 2010

What could the recent spending review mean for the Health Insurance industry? Richard Walsh highlights likely scenarios.

As the dust settles, Peter Barnett gives his view of the Spending Review's impact on financial services and the economy in general

At a key time for state and insurance sector relations, Owain Thomas meets the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services' new chairman, Jonathan Evans MP

Has the government's long awaited spending review focused the publics' mind on protection and health insurance to any meaningful degree, and do you think the industry will capitalise on it?

Income protection insurance sales will increase in importance as a result of FSA scrutiny and the Spending Review the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has said.

The health insurance and protection markets have reacted with cautious optimism to the government's spending review.

Peter Barnett, a policy analyst in the House of Lords, gives his initial view of the Spending Review and its impact on financial services.

The government has barely maintained its commitment to protect the NHS budget and increase spending over the next four years.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants will be limited to one year of benefit payments for those expected to prepare to return to work, the Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

The Government is to bring in a single credit for those out of work, for whatever reason.