BIG INTERVIEW: Peter Le Beau

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Peter Le Beau gives Fiona Murphy the definitive interview about his retirement plans, a career spanning five decades in the protection industry and his views on the evolution of financial services.

Peter Le Beau is a man who really needs no introduction.- he has been the champion of the protection market over the past five decades and is retiring at the end of the year. His career has been varied with shifts at Commercial Union and Swiss Re before moving onto self-employment through Le Beau Visage, Income Protection Task Force (IPTF), The-Net-Work and Protection Review, as well as serving as non-executive director for companies including FINEOS, Red Arc, Health Claims Bureau and The Exeter. I asked him, why is he retiring now? He says he wants to pass the baton on and focus on o...

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