Survey

With income protection failing to break new ground, has it become destined to remain one of the niche products in the market? Johanna Gornitzki investigates Click here to download pdf

Almost three-quarters of UK businesses believe the Government is mostly to blame for the pensions crisis and £27bn savings gap, according to new research from Winterthur Life UK.

Financial intermediaries would like to see more high street lenders entering the lifetime mortgage market, according to early findings of the IFAonline's equity release survey.

The boom times are here for the international private medical insurance market. The only problem is, advisers don't seem to be aware of it. Peter Madigan investigates Click here to download pdf

Have sales of mortgage payment protection insurance been affected by the introduction of general insurance regulation earlier this year? Johanna Gornitzki investigates Click here to download pdf

UK workers who put off starting retirement investing until their 35th birthdays risk spending the first 15% of their working day for the rest of their working lives just to build up a retirement income equal to two-thirds of current average income.

A consumer survey commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions is unlikely to add anything to the pensions debate, despite this being the government's intention, say industry officials.

IFAs and multi-tied advisers are being asked to get involved in a survey which will form part of the next stage of the ABI's review into the use of indemnity commissions.

Critical illness (CI) has finally succumbed to the slump that has been blighting the protection market. But resurrecting the product may be an issue of reinvention as Peter Madigan discovers Click here to download pdf

Half of UK companies with a turnover exceeding £1m are not yet prepared for pensions simplification, new research indicates.