SMEs

Challenges may vary. Runners may come and go as some fall and others enter the race. However, the group life insurance market is still one of the most cut throat and price competitive in the protection industry, writes Owain Thomas

Taking on International PMI business can stave off competition from other market sectors and be a profitable addition to a business' line up, says Andrew Apps

Consumers and businesses are looking ahead to 2010 with a degree of optimism, and this positive thinking is also alive and well within the broker profession.

The current subject on brokers' lips is PMI claims transparency, yet this was banned from discussion at a recent AMII meeting. In the absence of proper debate, Insurance Age's Liz McMahon brings viewpoints together

Research from Scottish Widows has revealed that about 2.6 million sole traders in the UK are leaving their businesses vulnerable by not protecting the owner or key person.

Groupama Insurance has adjusted its Personal Accident policy to aid brokers targeting the SME sector.

Quigley's Fine Wine and Champagne Merchants is looking to take out some business protection in the event that one of the four directors dies. All four - Ryan, Steve, Dave and Jack - are in their mid-forties and in generally good health, although Steve...

In tight times companies can see PMI as a luxury. What can an adviser do to counter these thoughts? Alistair Sclare looks at the opposing arguments.

Ian Talbot examines how brokers can find innovative ways for clients to retain their PMI policies while also continuing to treat customers fairly against this backdrop of economic upheaval.

Changes are ahead in how medicine is financed. Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald talks to Paul Robertson about cancer top-ups, wellness programmes and the role of the NHS.