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While depression is a serious illness, is it time for a more client-focused approach to underwriting? Paul Edwards investigates

Mental illness is, even in today's more open society, still something of a taboo subject. People, generally, are more accepting of, or sympathetic towards, sufferers of physical illnesses, while mental illness still often attracts either dismissal or ridicule. Depression is very common and can have a very serious impact on the lives of sufferers and their families. But by disclosing some form of depression, what implication does this have on life cover and other protection products? The disclosure of depression, and its related disorders, anxiety and stress, is common on application for...

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