David Houghton-Brown discusses the universal lessons and pitfalls learnt from Medicals Direct's foray into European markets

US healthcare is often derided for being unfair and primarily profit-focused but, asks Peter Mills, is there anything that the UK can learn from the world's most expensive healthcare system?

My client has recently purchased a life and critical illness (CI) plan and noticed it included free child's cover, although it does have significant exclusions. She is now interested in covering her child to the same level of herself and her partner....

With the Government publicly looking to significantly cut welfare benefits spending, is it compliant with regulation for advisers to be raising clients' awareness of this and using it as a tool to increase protection sales, bearing in mind that the widows...

Andy Couchman rounds up the main themes impacting IPMI

This month marks a year since the introduction of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF), an agreement between the UK and the tiny principality of Liechtenstein offering a partial tax amnesty to UK residents with offshore assets and a connection...

Rathbone's Chillingworth says while Japan represents a ‘how not to’ of economic mismanagement, investors may want to take another look

Ahead of the RDR, owner and director of Steve Billingham Consulting, Steve Billingham, assesses advisers’ attitudes to change

AT8's Loosmore reviews Prestwood Software

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