Financial services are not responding to care crisis

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Andrew Dilnot's call for financial services to engage in long-term care funding is not being given any stimulus according to Partnership managing director for care, Chris Horlick.

It had been hoped that the Dilnot Commission's proposals would produce a climate for financial services to engage in the funding debate. Instead Horlick pointed at widespread industry apathy.   Horlick said:  "You hear Andrew and others talking about the financial services sector being interested - I don't see many colleagues from the insurance sector turning up at events I'm at, learning about the care space." He continued "It doesn't mean they're not doing it. And certainly a few came to the ABI's sponsored engagement workshop, but not too many, to be honest. A good number of them w...

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