Planning Your Future
Have you ever heard the saying "people don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan.” When thinking about protecting the future of your loved ones, this old cliché seems to apply. Planning is not the most exciting of activities, for most of us it isn’t fun – plus it’s often... Read More 
Appointing A Legal Guardian To Protect Your Child’s Future
As a parent I worry about lots of things. If my daughter will take care when crossing the road? Whether she is old enough to meet her friends at the shopping centre on her own? Whether she is responsible enough to save (or spend wisely) the money that is gifted... Read More
Do You Rent? Are You Protected?
Almost 5 million people who rent their homes in the UK are at risk of being unable to pay their rent if they become too ill to work. Research conducted by YouGov has found that 27% of renters in paid employment said that they knew someone who had struggled in... Read More
Protection Insurance A Safer Bet
Royal Ascot is Britain’s most popular race meeting, welcoming approximately 300,000 visitors across five days. Attracting many of the world’s finest racehorses who compete for more than £6.58 million in prize money. There are many different races and cups up to be won and this year’s excitement launched today (14th... Read More
Dads Have You Planned For The Future?
When you become a dad, everything changes. Suddenly, you’re completely responsible – which can be both exciting and worrying. It’s a lifetime of responsibility! One of the first things to consider as a new dad is how you’ll provide for your family and continue to provide for them in the... Read More
1 in 2 People Will Get Cancer – How Can You Protect Your Family?
Latest statistics provided by Cancer Research UK, accessed 25th May 2016, state that 1 in 2 people born after 1960 in the UK will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime. However, it is important to add that not all cancers kill you. In fact, cancer at... Read More
Your Child’s Tomorrow – Talking About Their Future
All of us want the best for our children, but as they get older and they strive to be more independent (and we try to prise them away from their phones or iPads) it can get more difficult. You soon realise (if you haven’t already) that it is not about... Read More
Planning Ahead Eases Burden On Grieving Families
It’s Dying Matters Awareness Week (9-15 May 2016) which gives us all the opportunity to place greater importance on the subjects of dying, death and bereavement. Topics that none of us are totally comfortable with. In fact, death and money are two of the things we find most difficult or... Read More
Talking About Dying Won’t Make It Happen
Every year, approximately half a million people die in England. For three quarters of people, death is not sudden but is expected. None of us like to think about getting ill and dying, but not talking about it won’t make it go away – any more than talking about dying... Read More
What Will You Leave Behind When You Die?
A few years ago one of the wealthiest and most formidable men in Brazil, Thane Chiquinho Scarpa, hit the headlines when he publicised plans to bury (and have a funeral ceremony for) his prized Bentley convertible so he could drive around the afterlife in style. The story got a lot... Read More