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It will take more than stagnant demand to kill off the healthcare cash plan. The resilient market, which was big in the 1960s, has endured worse and lived to tell the tale, writes Peter Madigan Click here to download pdf

Despite more families facing huge inheritance tax bills, whole of life, which provides cover against death duty, is in the doldrums. But all is not lost, writes Johanna Gornitzki Click here to download pdf

Financial advisers are perhaps a little more ‘net savvy' than industry perception suggests, as research reveals eight out of ten intermediaries are now using broadband internet access for business and over a quarter of advisers would like to give advice...

Digital certificates in the form of UNIPASS save IFAs an average of £3,750 each year in time and costs, according to standards organisation Origo.

Plummeting prices have failed to save the term assurance market from sliding new sales. Far from revitalising the sector, slashing rates could be making matters worse. Peter Madigan reports Click here to download pdf

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