Protection Watch: Kevin Carr's verdicts on recent developments

‘Promising lead’ or ‘Back to the lab’?

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Professional Adviser's protection detective Kevin Carr highlights some key moments and lessons from the annual Protection Review conference, which took place earlier this month

Human Be more human. Make things easier. Be Braver. Those were the key messages coming out of the Protection Review conference, which was held in London on 19 July. The annual event brings together all areas of the protection market and is aimed at making things better for our customers. Ian Sawyer, managing director of Assured Futures, commented: "Another thought-provoking day from Protection Review. It is a great reminder that we should not always be looking inwards at products and definitions but outwards to customers' needs and the changing landscapes of business practice. The first s...

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