PDG calls for industry collaboration during coronavirus

The Protection Distributor's Group (PDG) has called upon the life insurance industry to "work together" to keep policies alive during the coronavirus. Alan Knowles, managing director of Cura and chair of the Protection Distributors Group, said: "Whilst the Chancellor's bailout for employees last week was welcome news, there are still a lot of people who are being hit financially as a result of COVID-19. For those of us who remember the 2008 credit crunch, you'll know that insurance policies are often one of the first things to be cancelled in times of financial hardship. Advisers and ins...