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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Modern protection: It’s about independence, not just dependants

Catherine Trimble explores why protection should no longer be framed only as something for people with partners or children. By focusing instead on independence, income resilience, and maintaining control when life changes unexpectedly, advisers can make protection more relevant, inclusive, and meaningful for a much wider range of clients.

Modern protection

The benefit clients forget they have

​Catherine Trimble considers why many policies include day-one health and wellbeing support, yet clients often forget it exists or don’t realise it’s there for everyday challenges, not just crises.

Forgotten benefit

The hidden power of a thorough application

Jonathan Hall looks at why a thorough application is less about getting the form right and more about protecting a future version of your client from extra stress when they have no spare capacity for it.

A thorough application

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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