As the Critical Illness Market is Hit by Rising Prices and Negative Publicity, Advisors Need to Look to Income Protection as an Alternative Product to Fulfil Customers' Protection Needs.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c37815) has announced the addition of "UK Critical Illness and Income Protection 2006" to their offering.

Examines the markets for Critical Illness and Income Protection in the UK, looking at the relative sizes of the markets and assessing the future of these protection products

Scope of this title:

--Looks at the Income protection and Critical Illness markets in terms of new business, number of policies sold and distribution

--Assesses the factors that have driven these markets to their current levels and forecasts premium income growth in the individual protection market

--Provides action points for increasing future business of both IP and CII and assesses which of these products are likely to see growth in the long term

Highlights of this title:

Perceived complications in the IP market have led to both advisors and consumers overlooking these products. However as the CII market is hit by rising prices and negative publicity, advisors need to look to IP as an alternative product to fulfil customers' protection needs

Reasons to order your copy:

--Provides historic and forecast data for the UK individual protection market.

--Utilizes in-depth primary research to provide the answers to how the markets have arrived at the point they have and what the future holds.

--Identifies areas and product features where and where development is needed if these products are to continue to survive.

Key topics covered:

--Executive summary

--The UK Life Assurance 2006 Product Suite

--Market context

--Competitive dynamics

--Key findings

--The key players in the IP and CII markets

--Top 5 players in CII

--The future decoded

--Action points

Companies mentioned:

--Friends Provident 

--Norwich Union

--Legal and General

--Abbey

--Scottish Provident

--HSBC

--Scottish Windows

--Virgin

--Unum

--Holloway

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c37815

Source: Datamonitor