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Who moved where in another busy week in financial services?

Protection business in 2012 and 2013 will be affected by events this year and some fundamental changes to the way customers policies are priced into the next. Richard Verdin explains.

The global nature of international PMI means providers have to be on top of their game and get the claims process right first time, every time. Tim Mutton delves into the detail.

Employee assistance programmes are in the spotlight due to a schizophrenic approach by government. But as Sue Weir points out, they are backed by solid research.

This disease has a broad range of severity. Paul Gyseman highlights its complications.

Want an example of how not to do things? Owain Thomas finds the UK term assurance market's approach is being avoided worldwide.

How will people buy insurance in future? Greg Becker visits the US for developments in online distribution.

Helen Morrissey takes a look through the latest Retirement Planner Inquiry and asks what challenges retirement advisers will be facing in the coming year

There is a way to increase the amount you can give away each year without incurring a potential inheritance tax liability: Carl Lamb explains how regular gifts out of income can be used for estate planning purposes.

As China begins its New Year celebrations, Jing Sun, manager of the PSigma Global Equity fund, reports back from a recent trip to the region and looks at what the next 12 months have in store.