Many years ago I was in an assessment centre for a then well known insurance company. As a brave gambit in my interview I evoked Winston Churchill who had strong views on its importance. Needless to say I didn’t get the job but it feels appropriate to quote him all the same which I do below. I’ve recently had a reminder of the essential nature of insurance and be it public or professional liability insurance for consultants, or cyber insurance for large organisations and the comfort and peace of mind being covered offers everyone involved. I’ll leave the rest of the post to the grandfather of independent MP Nicholas Soames…
If I had my way, I would write the word ‘insure’ upon the door of every cottage and upon the blotting book of every public man, because I am convinced, for sacrifices so small, families and estates can be protected against catastrophes which would otherwise smash them up forever.
It is the duty to arrest the ghastly waste, not merely of human happiness, but national health and strength, which follows when, through the death of the breadwinner, the frail boat in which the family are embarked, founders and the women and children and the estates are left to struggle in the dark waters of a friendless world.