COVER Mental Health Forum: The elephant in the room

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Removing stigma, improving access to insurance and providing better support to employees

On 14 March, over 200 industry professionals attended the inaugural COVER Mental Health Forum in London. Chaired by our own Adam Saville, the day started with the emotional story that led to the viral #FindMike campaign and ended with a captivating message from Lord Dennis Stevenson. It delivered moving stories, insights into mental health and discussion around what more we should be doing as an industry in this space.  Two clear themes emerged throughout the day, the first being how our industry needs to rethink mental health when it comes to the provision of insurance products to co...

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