'The protection gap will not close itself, and now there are no excuses'

'Let’s work together'

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Paul Yates shares his insight on the protection gap...

The Financial Conduct Authority is clear – protection is delivering for many of the people who already buy it. The primary challenge is that too many still do not buy or even consider it. If the market is to grow, we now need to stop skirting around the problem and start creating more protection conversations in the moments that matter. The protection market has spent years looking over its shoulder at the regulator, guessing what is to come, and second-guessing the FCA's true perceptions of, and interest in, the protection market. Well, the guesswork is no longer needed, the FCA has ...

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