Protection

Less than 40% of companies see employee health as a priority for human resources, despite figures suggesting absenteeism costs businesses £13bn a year.

Financial intermediaries are willing to recommend pension term assurance but are uncertain which regulatory regime they are advising under.

The FSA is looking at changing regulation of term assurance products so all protection advisers can sell policies which are still valid beyond the age of 70.

Nick Kirwan, protection market director at Scottish Widows, analyses the complexities of managing medical development and genetic testing in relation to the insurance industry.

With critical illness insurers covering nearly 40 different conditions, Johanna Gornitzki questions whether any of these illnesses should be scrapped

Symponia has launched a ‘professional partners' initiative to tackle the lack of qualified long-term care fees-based planning advisers.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is working with the government to find new ways of funding long-term care for the elderly.

Standard Life paid out a total of £19.8m on 342 critical illness (CI) claims in 2005, according its latest statistics.

Prudential has unveiled details of its long-awaited "revolutionary" life insurance and critical illness (CI) plan.

Half of people in Northern Ireland believe life insurance is the most important type of insurance, suggests research.