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The debate between insurers and their ‘right’ to assess risk against public policy concerns about unethical discrimination has come into sharp focus again with the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling on gender discrimination.
Richard Walsh points out when it comes to IP, it's not the fairy stories that are Grimm...
The news that the ABI and British Medical Association (BMA) agreement on GP report (GPR) fees has broken down will usher in a period of uncertainty.
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Happy new year, and some potentially good news on PMI premiums.
By way of a Christmas present, the FSA and the OFT are consulting on guidance about new post PPI products, such as short-term IP (STIP).
Last year the government launched its consultation on simple financial products and a summary of responses has now been published.
I write with regret that the income protection (IP) quality standard (QS) has been abandoned.
The BMA are still objecting to the Government’s NHS reforms - despite “winning” they seem to want humiliation.
Once upon a time, in a faraway forest, Gregory the elf and his wife Julie wanted to extend their home.
Long-term care is one of those social policy issues that has always been in the ‘too difficult’ box.
Long-term care (LTC) has always been in the ‘too difficult’ box, as successive government reviews and think tanks have advocated varying roles for the private insurance sector.
First HM Treasury consults on simple products, then the FSA on product regulation - what gives?
The FSA is consulting on exempting Holloway products from RDR fee-based payments, but the devil is in the detail as the exemption would not apply to all products.
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