Episode 17 – Schizophrenia
Hi everyone, we are getting towards the end of Season 5 of the Practical Protection Podcast. In our penultimate episode we are focusing on schizophrenia and how it is often a misunderstood condition. There is a bit of a debate over the statistics, as you will hear me and Matt go through. The condition can [...]
Episode 16 – Reinsurance
Hi everyone, we have a brand new podcast episode where I am speaking to Tim Smith of Hannover Re about reinsurance and how it mixes with the wider insurance sector. As a protection insurance adviser I found it really weird to suddenly realise that there is an insurer that backs the insurers that I arrange [...]
Inbetweenysode – Hannover Re – Mental Health in Protection Insurance Webinar
We bring you this special Inbetweenysode, the recording of Hannover Re’s UK Life Branch webinar entitled, Mental Health in Protection Insurance. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week in May, Hannover Re hosted this webinar to explore touch-points between mental health and protection insurance. Guests Paul Farmer CBE (Chief Executive of mental health charity Mind) and [...]
Episode 15 – Armed Forces
Hi everyone, in the latest podcast episode I am talking about arranging protection insurance for people that are in the Armed Forces. When we think about the Armed Forces it’s probably quite clear as to the risks that insurers are worried about. The main one is of course that there is a much higher risk [...]
Episode 14 – Financial Vulnerability Taskforce
Hi everyone, today we have Keith Richards from The Financial Vulnerability Taskforce with me to talk about financial vulnerability and what we need to do as an industry to address this. The Financial Vulnerability Taskforce is a professional body that has been set up to help consumers and advisers better understand what vulnerabilities are, and [...]
Episode 13 – Huntingtons Disease
Hi everyone, Matt Rann is back with us this week and we are talking about Huntington’s disease. This is a genetic condition that lowers life expectancy and is often a very difficult diagnosis to come to terms with. We talk about genetic and predictive testing, what does and doesn’t need to be said to insurers, [...]
Episode 12 – Grief Chat
Hi everyone, Roy McLoughlin is back, and this time we have Catherine Betley with us from Grief Chat. Grief Chat is an organisation that offers anonymous access to trained counsellors through webchat services, to help people through difficult times. Grief is a horrible thing to experience and it’s important that we are aware that there [...]
Episode 11 – Declined Income Protection
Hi everyone, Matt is once again in the co-host seat alongside me this week and this episode is somewhat of a personal one. We discussed my health conditions and why they have stopped me from getting personal income protection. Matt provides an honest view on how an underwriter will look at each of these conditions. [...]
