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Business succession planning: the trust

April, 2012

The latest in a line of articles on business succession, this looks at the business trust...

FSA – Life assurance newsletter

January, 2012

The Newsletter covers the following topics...

Video Debate: The Future of Long-Term Care Funding

November, 2011

The Life and Pensions Faculty supported a recent debate at the CII on the future funding of Long Term care. The debate, filmed in front of a live audience, and chaired by broadcaster Paul Lewis was held In association with: The Strategic Society Centre. The panel included industry, government and trade body representatives and focused on potential solutions for the funding of long term care.

Financial Services Authority warns against “toxic” traded life policy investments

November, 2011

The FSA has issued guidance to warn that traded life policy investments (TLPIs) are high risk, toxic products that are generally unsuitable for the majority of UK retail investors and should therefore not be promoted to them...

Keyperson cover for companies (part three)

October, 2011

In last month’s article on the subject of keyperson cover we looked at cover for companies on the lives of both non-shareholding employees and shareholding directors/employees...

Keyperson cover for companies (part two)

September, 2011

In last month’s article on the subject of keyperson cover we outlined the fundamentals of keyperson cover. This month we concentrate on keyperson cover for companies...

ABI - Record record pay outs on critical illness and life insurance

September, 2011

The amount paid out to customers through critical illness and life insurance policies continues to rise significantly according to data published from the Association of British Insurers.

Keyperson cover - an introduction

August, 2011

In this article, which is the first in a series on the subject of keyperson cover, we consider the subject in general terms. In later articles we will review particular aspects of the cover...

ABI - To speed up life assurance payouts

May, 2011

The ABI announced on Monday 23 May that beneficiaries will receive life insurance payments more quickly after bereavement...

Recent developments in life assurance law

March, 2011

This fact file looks at key developments since 1996 in legal topics of particular relevance to life assurance. The Law Commission initiated a review on insurance contracts in 2006 (with a view to ultimately making amendments in this area of law) and the potential changes which may arise as a result of this review permeate much of this fact file.

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Life assurance based investment: onshore and offshore

By Sarah Dingley-Brown (SDB Training, 2009)

This book can be borrowed from the library. To check the availability of this title, please visit the library catalogue.

Pensions and retirement planning 2010/11

Edited by Rob Gaines. (London: Taxbriefs, 2010).

This book can be borrowed from the library. To check the availability of this title, please visit the library catalogue.

Insuring security: biopolitics, security and risk

By Luis Lobo-Guerrero. (Abingdon: Routledge, 2011).

This book can be borrowed from the library. To check the availability of this title, please visit the library catalogue.

Consumer targeting in life and pensions 2010

For further information about this Datamonitor report, please click here.

This report is available to consult in the library at Aldermanbury, London. For further information about access, please email knowledge@cii.co.uk or call 0207 417 4415.

UK Protection 2010: Term assurance, whole of life, income protection, critical illness and long-term care

For further information about this report, please click here.

This report is available to consult in the library at Aldermanbury, London. For further information about access, please email knowledge@cii.co.uk or call 0207 417 4415).

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CII Thinkpiece 75: Converging Ideas: Building a European-Wide Supervisory Culture in Insurance and Pensions

May, 2012

Gabriel Bernadino, Chair of the new European Insurance & Occupational Pensions Authority provides a perspective on the pan-EU supervisor’s first year of operation.

CII Thinkpiece 74: From Brussels with Love: A Perspective on Developing Insurance Regulation at the EU Level

May, 2012

Karel van Hulle, the European Commission’s lead official on insurance & occupational pensions, offers his own strictly personal view of insurance regulation in the post-financial crisis world.

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