Adam Saville: The meaning of life (insurance)

‘Without purpose, our industry lacks meaning’

Adam Saville
clock • 7 min read

COVER editor rounds up the year's key topics in the protection and health insurance sector

Indeed, it's the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas… the point at which we can all take a collective breather and reflect on, you guessed it, the progress made within the protection and health insurance market over the past 12 months. As a journalist, my go-to is to pick out pithy topics from this year and lay them out into a tidy list. Why is this helpful? Because, so often, it is easy to get lost in the minutiae of our hectic day-to-day roles; to the point that we forget why we do what we do for a living. Simplicity is key during these complicated times, and without regular rem...

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