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Definition of a life assurance contract

Technical articles | 01 June 2009
What a life assurance contract is has been defined in a variety of ways. A definition is sometimes necessary in order to establish whether a particular contract is a policy of life assurance or not.

Syllabus: 735 Life assurance 2011

Syllabuses | 01 October 2011
CII syllabus for 735 Life assurance 2011

Training Guide - Life assurance

Technical articles | 01 June 2008
A contract of life assurance (known as a life assurance 'policy') is designed to provide financial protection by paying out a lump sum or an income in the event of death.  It can also provide a way to save for the future, with some policies paying out on surival to the end of an agreed...

The performance of recent entrants to the UK life assurance market: a threat to established players?

Technical articles | 01 July 2001
Journal of Insurance Research and Practice - Considers the performance of the 28 new entrants to the UK life assurance market in the 1990s.

Trusts and life assurance

Technical articles | 01 November 2005
Barbara Gardener examines some aspects of using life policy trusts in the areas of family protection, inheritance tax mitigation and probate avoidance.  This article is intended for those who already have a basic understanding of life assurance trusts.  Choice of default beneficia...

Unfair terms in life assurance contracts

Technical articles | 01 March 2008
Unlike the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (replacing an earlier, 1994 version) are applicable to life assurance contracts.

Recent developments in life assurance law

Fact files | 25 January 2013
This fact file looks at key developments since 1996 in legal topics of particular relevance to life assurance. The Law Commission reviewed various legal aspects of insurance contracts in 2006 and the significant changes which will arise from this review are enacted in the Consumer Insuran...

The management and motivation of a direct sales force in the life assurance industry

Technical articles | 01 July 1999
This is an investigation into the most effective methods of management of a direct sales force in the life assurance and pensions industry and the motivations that enable those salespeople to strive for success...

P45 Life assurance syllabus 1996

Syllabuses | 01 January 1996
Syllabus for P45 Life assurance 1996.

Syllabus: 735 Life Assurance 2008

Syllabuses | 01 January 2008
CII syllabus for 735 Life Assurance 2008
 
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