Guides & News

Not only does Movember raise awareness for a number of topics possibly seen as taboo, such as mental health, prostate cancer and testicular cancer, it also raises huge amounts towards research and support for those who have been affected.

International Stress Awareness Week is in the month of November and has been running since 2018, as an expansion of Stress Awareness Day. It has been found that a staggering 74% of people have said they have had stress within the last year.

Purple Tuesday is a campaign run each year in the month of November, aiming to encourage organisations to improve the customer experience for disabled people, with 4 out of 5 people having some sort of hidden disability.

This week Kathryn and Roy McLoughlin are joined by Jeff Woods from Legal & General, talking about their State of the Nation report. Kathryn, Roy and Jeff, talk through the insights that the report gives into how small businesses are and are not engaging with protection insurance.

There’s a growing number of people being diagnosed with high cholesterol, which is why Heart UK runs the National Cholesterol Month each year.

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with 1 in 7 people being diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. We talk through some key facts and discuss how this may impact your protection insurance.

Kathryn is back with Matt Rann discussing lupus, and how this can potentially have an influence on protection insurance applications.

The menopause is a natural stage of most women’s life. We go through some key statistics, as well as menopause in the workplace and access to insurance.