How protection networks adapted in the face of global crises

From pandemics to economic turmoil

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Protection networks have experienced a turbulent two years, looking to guide advisers through the challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic and increasing data demands. Christopher Marchant looks at how protection networks are coping with adaptation and sustainability in an ever-changing world.

The Covid-19 pandemic revamped the medical assessment side of protection insurance, as well as its risk assessments of the workplace, with so many more people now working at home. Much has been written about how the pandemic - an unprecedented health and social crisis in modern times - impacted people's finances and the protection sector, but this also brought about changes to how the industry uses networks. Looking back at how networks fared during the pandemic, Emma Thomson, head of protection and general insurance propositions at Sesame Bankhall Group and chair of the Women in Prot...

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