Protection

With the UK in the teeth of what appears set to be a deep recession, investment conditions difficult to say the least, unemployment rising and the baby boomer retirement bulge due to come to a head in the next four or five years, the challenges we all...

Past excuses for train delays such as 'leaves on the line' or 'the wrong kind of snow' have long since passed into urban legend as people lament the travel chaos in the UK caused by sudden bad weather.

Recently there has been so much doom and gloom, especially now we are officially in a recession, and I feel that many of my past blogs were a bit sombre as a result.

Munich Re says the astute running of its portfolio by asset manager MEAG helped it stay in profit in 2008 despite what it calls "the most severe financial crisis for generations".

The protection insurance industry is to fund a comprehensive planning exercise designed to advise on how best to get consumers to engage with the protection industry.

LV= is offering free critical illness (CI) cover to anyone taking out income protection in the next three months.

O case study, case study, wherefore art thou case study? Our industry has millions of satisfied policyholders, so why do we continually draw a blank when asked to find some of them?

The economic downturn will lead to increased M&A activity in the insurance sector, but job losses will be minimal compared with other markets, a report suggests.

The ABI has appointed Friends Provident CEO, Trevor Matthews, and Brit Insurance CEO, Dane Douteil, to its board.

UK and EU deliberations on extending anti-discrimination law to goods and services are still rumbling on and lobby groups continue to press for resolution of "unfinished business".