Further thoughts on 'embracing the income protection challenge'

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Earlier this month Zurich Insurance Group and the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford released an excellent report "embracing the income protection gaps challenge: options and solutions". The headline recommendations have already been in COVER magazine however the report is well worth reading in full. As it mainly focuses on group income protection, it complements the CII Report last year on "Resilient Households" and individual income protection extremely well.   It is important to note that the report is global (not just UK focused) and it recogni...

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