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It was very interesting to listen the other day to an online seminar about retention where the speaker was talking about the increase in sales of home safes.

This shows the current attitude of the general public towards feeling 'safe'. Why trust a bank with your money when you can put it in your own safe? Could you be making the most of this feeling? Financial protection can help your clients feel safe. It can remove worry, just as putting money in a safe puts your mind at ease - you know exactly where your cash is. Financial protection can do the same. It can remove the worry of what will happen if your client were to become critically ill, if they were unable to work, or what would happen to their family if they were to die. By selling y...

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