Insights: A cancer relapse needn't mean a financial collapse

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Deepak Jobanputra discusses how advisers can protect their clients in the event of multiple cancer diagnoses.

It's impossible to be anything other than positive about the changes in UK life expectancy. With more of us expected to reach the ripe old age of 90 and beyond by 2030*, your clients  can face the future with an extra measure of reassurance and confidence. However, as much as I welcome the trend, at the same time we need to be realistic and accept that this will also mean many of us will spend more of our later years with a long-term health condition - including the big C, with all the potential financial consequences that can bring. Simply by living longer, people have more ti...

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