Johnny Timpson: Unlocking protection access for the many

Signposting agreement is a 'catalyst for change'

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Insurance industry disability champion reflects on a month that brought with it monumental change

Last month marked a significant step-change for the insurance sector. The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA, who lead the Access To Insurance Working Groups Signposting Workstream), the CII, trade bodies, advisers, charities and others came together in the Houses of Parliament to launch BIBA's 2020 Manifesto and a new signposting agreement with an objective I feel extremely passionate about: where we can, granting better access to protection insurance for the many, not the few. For the industry it's an indefinite catalyst for change, but for the 13.9 million disabled people in...

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