We round up the biggest opinion pieces of the year
As the biggest stories of the past 12 months rocked the private medical insurance (PMI) and protection industries, Health Insurance's columnists were on hand to provide insightful commentary and analysis and, as ever, spark debate.
Regular columnists Marcia Reid, Tony Levene and Peter Le Beau got their teeth into topics including Bupa's withdrawal from the individual PMI broker market, the launch of overseas healthcare provider Passport2Health, and the uncomfortable similarities between short-term income protection products and payment protection insurance.
Meanwhile, Health Insurance deputy editor Tessa Norman started her new regular column this year by focusing on innovation in the protection industry, and questioning why so many advisers appear to have missed an opportunity with the EU gender directive.
Here are our top 10 most read comment pieces of 2012:
The old tactics for selling PMI are gone – for good
Market leaders and followers – can PruProtect be caught up?
Am I sitting on the fence when it comes to Bupa?
(Another) bad call for the protection industry
‘Authorised’ or ‘appointed’ – PMI intermediaries face their own Olympic challenge
Are some specialist brokers in denial when it comes to comparison sites?
A passport to success? Only time will tell
Sick of hearing about the gender directive – or are you?
Toxic PPI and acceptable STIP – how do we tell the difference?