by ProtectionReview 25/09/12
When the going gets tough It’s a difficult time for most Providers. There are significant current and potential changes in the industry. We have RDR, MMR, Solvency 2, Gender-neutral pricing, Auto enrolment and NEST, for example. Change can be seen as an opportunity or threat. How we deal with the situation is key.You can be revolutionary or reactionary. In my view sitting back and waiting for situations to evolve should not be an option. At the least it shows a lack of imagination, and also allows others to gain competitive advantage. Situations, particularly in our industry it seems, will…
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by ProtectionReview 11/09/12
Digital embargo With holiday season over for most of us, post-holiday sentiment seemingly ranges from; “refreshed and raring to go” to “holiday? What holiday?” I generally sit in the former camp and I’m convinced this is because of my self-imposed digital detachment which sees me switch off email and set everything to voicemail whilst abroard. No twitter, no linkedin, no facebook, no pinterest, no newspapers, no TV, no DVDs. Furthermore, this embargo is extended to the family. IPod games are fine, but that’s it. The exception is if one of the kids is ill, then a bit of TV is…
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by ProtectionReview 11/09/12
The summer holidays are now behind us, Christmas beckons as the next milestone. For many that means back to business as usual, budgets, targets and delivery. The individual, with personal hopes and aspirations parked in the lay-by of organisational imperative, is back on the treadmill that keeps our market economy working. As one who believes passionately in a competitive market economy, this is fine by me; and as one who has trodden that ceaseless mill for a decade or two, may I offer a few random-but-related thoughts, before we get too business as usual? We do it because? These words…
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