With white papers due this year on long-term care (Dilnot Review), sickness absence and also the Treasury's work on simple products, how much explicit help (not just macro changes to benefits and the NHS) would you want the government to give the industry?...

Three investment managers give their views...

Why it may be time to nudge your clients back into risk assets...

Happy new year, and some potentially good news on PMI premiums.

Multi-managers reveal the funds that helped them navigate their portfolios through a difficult 2011.

Ian Lowes of structuredproductreview.com matches a portfolio of five SPs against a proxy tracker and says the result provides an interesting perspective on the value of structures

So, you haven't sold income protection to your clients. What's the worst that can happen? According to John Bridge, an awful lot...

Cash plans are increasingly used in place of private medical insurance excess. Howard Hughes assesses the sustainability of this pricing model

Severity based protection payments have become more common over the year. Phil Jeynes explains why in his overview of 2011

Fergus Bescoby looks at the insurance implications of this condition which is particularly common in women