The Debrief

Welcome to The Debrief, where opinion, insights and information from our experts lets you quickly and easily see what's new, what's next and what's exciting in our industry. Insight, inspirations and ideas to help you and your clients stay one step ahead.

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Cancer has changed. Advice must continue to evolve

Scottish Widows’ Lesley Barsanti considers how as cancer survival improves, more people are living with its financial impact for longer and how advisers increasingly need evidence‑led conversations that reflect phased financial impact and the role of both immediate and longer‑term income resilience.

Cancer has changed

Protection in 2026: why advice needs to prove its value, not just state it

In this article we  explore how young adults often rely on an “invisible safety net” of family, employers or the state. But those assumptions don’t always hold. While Gen Z believe protection matters, few are covered. Adviser conversations can reframe protection as independence - helping younger clients build resilience before life’s shocks arrive.

Protection in 2026

The invisible safety net: what happens when there’s no Bank of Mum and Dad?

In this article we  explore how young adults often rely on an “invisible safety net” of family, employers or the state. But those assumptions don’t always hold. While Gen Z believe protection matters, few are covered. Adviser conversations can reframe protection as independence - helping younger clients build resilience before life’s shocks arrive.

The invisible safety net

Scottish Widows Insights Hub

For our view on the latest trends in the adviser platform market and topical insight and news from our investment experts, please visit our insight hub.  This is where you’ll find our latest Platform focused articles, vodcasts, Investment Perspectives and our research including the Confidence Barometer, and Paraplanner Survey.

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