Why my IFA will be a friend for life

  Mum-of-three Lynsey Haywood could not have foreseen how important her IFA would be when they first met 12 years ago… Pete Chadborn became my IFA in 1999, when I was 26. He had joined Barclays Life, while I was a personal banker with Barclays. Part of my job was recommending Barclays Life, so I knew there were areas I needed to address. I had children and a mortgage. Peter is a friend, but it is so much more than that. For whatever financial crisis happens, I will always go to Pete. At that point I had just had my second son so he came to advise us on life cover. We needed a will an...