The Rising Stars of Protection: Alex Weir

"We're advisers, not salespeople"

Cameron Roberts
clock • 5 min read

COVER sits down with Alex Weir, independent health and protection expert, Drewberry, to discuss his early experiences in the protection industry.

Weir joined financial adviser, Drewberry, in July 2022, having previously been a store manager at Sports Direct for over a decade and an insurance consultant for DCL insurance for more than five years. Tom Conner, director and founder, Drewbery, said: ''Alex has taken to protection like a duck to water and continuously gets amazing client feedback, often sighting how patient he is with explaining their options in a way that's easy to understand. We couldn't be happier having him on the team.'' We spoke to Weir about the differences between protection and his previous role in car insur...

To continue reading this article...

Join COVER for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, key trend analysis and industry insights.
  • Stay on top of the latest developments around health and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion and the cost of living crisis.
  • Receive breaking news stories straight to your inbox in the daily newsletter.
  • Members only access to monthly programme 'The COVER Review'
  • Be the first to hear about our CPD accredited events and awards programmes.

Join now

 

Already a Cover member?

Login

More on Individual Protection

Little change in economic inactivity: ONS

Little change in economic inactivity: ONS

Number of vacancies decreasing

Jaskeet Briah
clock 17 December 2024 • 3 min read
Beagle Street adds protection offering to OneFamily platform

Beagle Street adds protection offering to OneFamily platform

Replatformed by iPipeline

Jaskeet Briah
clock 12 December 2024 • 1 min read
Young adults turning to social media for health information

Young adults turning to social media for health information

Half of adults have self-diagnosed in the last year

Jaskeet Briah
clock 11 December 2024 • 3 min read