Simon Thomas: 'It's so important to have difficult conversations'

In November 2017, Simon Thomas unexpectedly lost his wife Gemma to leukaemia. In an emotional closing keynote address at the COVER Protection & Health Summit earlier this month, the Sky Sports anchor opened up about his experience; explaining how a life insurance policy was crucial in allowing him to take the time he needed to look after his eight-year-old son. If it was not for the advice of his financial adviser, Cavendish Ware's Roy McLoughlin, he told the audience, he would have only taken cover out for himself; a decision that would have forced him back to work at a time when his...