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While economies worldwide are grinding to a halt the success seen in the strength of sales from Group Life Insurance policies could not come at a better time. Peter Carvill examines the reasons for this Click here to download pdf (PDF, 4,467KB)

Pensioners retiring in 2009 expect to have lost out on £2.87bn compared with those retiring last year due to the financial crisis.

New Zealand has topped a list of the cheapest destinations for expats with the cost of living a third less than the UK.

An international survey which last year named Singapore as the best lifestyle destination for expatriates is set to return in 2009.

The Healthcare cash plan is proving its resilience in the recession as contributors continue to increase. Peter Carvill asks if it will emerge at the front of this year's protection growth Click here to download pdf (PDF, 868KB)

It is not surprising that whole of life is unpopular with consumers: the product, which gets more expensive as the policyholder gets older, seems particularly unattractive during a recession. Could it get any worse? Probably not. Peter Carvill asks if...

Despite a drop in mortgage-related protection sales, the market is bearing up in the face of the recession. Peter Carvill investigates why some areas of TA are in fact skyrocketing Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.1MB)

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)

There is no doubt about it, 2009 is set to be yet another depressing year for MPPI. Inextricably linked with the mortgage industry, Peter Carvill asks how the product will fare Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.57MB)

European investors are more optimistic than the rest of the world where confidence remains "subdued", according to State Street Global Markets.