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With employers' duty of care and the need to keep workers happy and in work on everyone's lips, has the heyday for the healthcare cash plans sector finally arrived? Sam Barrett reports Click here to download pdf

Almost of all first-time buyers would be prepared to give up alcohol if it meant they could get on the property ladder at an earlier stage, according to research commissioned by Abbey.

After another disastrous year for WOL, is there any hope for growth in this market? Lucy Quinton finds out more Click here to download pdf

Developing a secondary market tops the list of issues facing the sector, according to a poll carried out by the Association of Investment Companies.

With the Pre-Budget Report came news that PTA may be scrapped from April. What will this mean for a term assurance market that was just gaining steam? Sam Barrett investigates Click here to download pdf

Consumers are more concerned about interest rates than at any time since November 2004, according to the Consumer Barometer published by Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.

Britons are more likely to be thinking about saving than spending in the run-up to Christmas this year, research from L&G suggests.

Nearly 80% of retail investors are confident the stock market will do well over the next 12 months, according to a TD Waterhouse survey of about 1,000 UK adults who also traded stocks and shares in the past year.

With the ABI now turning its attention to income protection, what can be done to give hope to a product that has suffered yet more declining sales? Lucy Quinton investigates Click here to download pdf

People in the Southeast and women in particular will find retirement a struggle, according to the results of research published by JP Morgan INVEST.