Seven Families campaign 'could go global' with help of advisers

Seven Families founder Roy McLoughlin has big plans

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Roy McLoughlin of Master Adviser has urged an international forum of advisers to raise awareness of the crucial role of income protection and to take the Seven Families campaign global.

Speaking at Zurich's Golden Circle conference in Dublin, McLoughlin who was one of the founders of the Seven Families campaign, said that financial vulnerability was "not just a UK problem".  He highlighted Zurich research that found that half of more than 6,000 people in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK believe their risk of being unable to work through sickness, injury or disability was less than 10%. McLoughlin said: "In the UK alone, we're seeing the welfare system face a dramatic overhaul. "We also know that the average family in the UK has just £1,000 in...

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