This research study identifies how frequently people leave work for health reasons, describes the characteristics of these people and examines the impact on various economic outcomes. This reveals how leaving work for health reasons affects the everyday lives of working age individuals in Britain.

This white paper explores the attitudes financial directors have towards employee benefits. Areas covered include how involved FDs are with designing the benefits package and how closely they work with the HR function. It also focuses on their understanding of income protection.

The ABI quarterly consumer survey looks at consumer behaviour, mainly in relation to life and general insurance products, as well as attitudes towards savings and financial resilience.

Produced by the ABI, this guide to long term care insurance covers insurance solutions available, sources for advice and general information for prospective policy holders.

The ABI believes that the insurance industry can work in partnership with Government and support the Commission on Funding of Care and Support and other key stakeholders to help create a sustainable system for long term care funding, using its skills in pricing risk and predicting longevity.

The ABI is undertaking a review of its Statement of Best Practice (SoBP) for selling PMI. This research was commissioned to provide evidence to assist with refining and updating the SoBP before ABI consult on it in 2010. It focuses on customers‟ understanding of the cover provided under PMI.

The Insurance Report, published by Swiss Re, takes a consumer-focused view of the long-term insurance market with a particular emphasis on long-term protection business. In this latest CII Thinkpiece, the emphasis is upon life insurance and consumer behaviour.