Looking back and looking forward: The year in protection insurance

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Industry experts share their views on how the protection industry fared during 2016 and what 2017 may bring

Peter Hamilton, head of retail partnerships at Zurich What can we look forward to in 2017? I'm looking forward to at least two films - ‘Trainspotting 2' and ‘The Circle'. Trainspotting because the original represented a rare thing, a great book, great film and great soundtrack. There's not so much of it that touches on financial services (‘Choose Life' maybe). The second film is ‘The Circle', based on a book by Dave Eggars. It stars Emma Watson, as Mae, who lands her dream job at an American technology company . Health is measured and monitored, video technology means everything is ...

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