Alan Knowles joins IPTF executive committee

‘IPTF and PDG share similar values’

Adam Saville
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PDG chair and Cura MD added to management board of Income Protection Task Force (IPTF)

Alan Knowles said: "As the current chair of the Protection Distributor's Group (PDG), I'm delighted to join the Income Protection Task Force management team. The PDG and IPTF share similar values and both are committed to improving the profile of income protection, so it's a natural fit. Year on year, we have seen sales increase and I believe the launch of the new Seven Families campaign will encourage more advisers to promote and demonstrate the very real customer benefits of income protection." IPTF co-chair, Kevin Carr added: "We've begun working on several projects with the PDG this ...

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