Protection

Medicash First offers cover that gives you money back for a range of everyday healthcare expenses an...

There are various types of abnormal heart rhythms, some more serious and permanent than others. Joanne Braham explains the condition and its underwriring implications

Last year's high hopes that international PMI was set to boom have dissipated into uncertainty. Peter Carvill explores how the financial downturn has affected this previously confident market Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.4MB)

Non-disclosure least prevalent in tele-interviewing

Janet Davies highlights the need for the industry to talk more about long term care fee planning

Two Norwich Union employees from Sheffield have been jailed for five and a half years after using customers' personal details to poach over £600,000.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has launched a number of podcasts for its claims, underwriting and broker members to help them tackle fraud in the industry.

Axa has increased its financial underwriting limits for personal and business protection, in a bid to streamline the application process for customers.

The Bank was not "forward-looking" enough and ought to have realised the scale of the recession sooner, according to Monetary Policy Committee member David Blanchflower, reports The Telegraph.

Most financial advisers say the limited cover period on traditional mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) is the product's biggest drawback.