Protection: not all clients can rely on friends and family

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Steve Payne, managing director, protection, at Friends Life, on why the very worst things in life often catch us by surprise...

Sometimes life takes a turn for the worse and catches you off guard.  It has been hard to avoid coverage of the problems that radio personality Danny Baker has been dealing with recently. After being diagnosed with throat cancer, Baker turned to his friend Chris Evans for a £30,000 loan to cover his lifestyle costs while he was off work recovering. The unpredictability of life can sometimes throw us, and if we are not adequately protected, we may need to ask for help, which none of us enjoy doing. I must say I was surprised that a celebrity like Mr Baker had not taken out protection a...

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