Protection needs public and private 'collaborative approach' - Zurich

‘Perceptions on protection’ global study

Adam Saville
clock • 4 min read

Financial choices about insurance, savings and pensions increasingly falling on UK workers, report finds

Protecting the needs of workers in today's changing environment "means collaborating with government and others to encourage greater awareness," Zurich's head of corporate risk Nick Homer has said in light of new research.  The study carried out by Zurich and the University of Oxford (UoO) exploring people's job situations, their concerns about technology and their knowledge of financial planning has found that having too little saved for retirement is the top financial worry for 41% of respondents in the UK. The study entitled ‘Perceptions on protection: Surveying workers to build ne...

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