Protection: Four opportunities on the horizon

‘With change comes opportunity’

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IPTF co-chair Katie Crook-Davies takes a look at the possibilities on offer for the year ahead

Given the way 2021 has started, we can be confident that this year is going to be far from plain sailing, albeit with a big ray of hope on the horizon in the form of a vaccine. Few of us expected to be here at this point, and life continues to change for thousands. But with change comes opportunity, and for me there are four areas of opportunity for protection this year. The time is now Covid-19 has made people more risk aware - we have a new appreciation for the impact of losing an income, and the fact that this can and does happen. In fact, 40% of consumers had changed their mind...

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