Now is the time for income protection...

From: Financial Adviser | Date: March 15, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: There is a need for income protection, but clients and advisers need to use the best products

It's fact of life that you can do very little in this world without a regular income to pay for it. According to a recent family spending survey, the average UK family spends around AGBP430 a week1. So in the absence of that ever elusive lottery win, or a timely inheritance, it's difficult to see how many clients would cope if an illness got in their way of earning a liv...

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