Hi everyone, Matt Rann is back with me and we are talking about eating disorders. There are quite a few conditions that fall under the umbrella of eating disorders and it’s important to know how to approach these conversations in a sensitive manner, as it will lead most insurers to start asking a lot of in-depth mental health questions.

With it being Eating Disorder Awareness Week we felt that this episode was a key one to do. In fact, on Wednesday of this week I was tagged in a twitter thread of someone that was saying they have an eating disorder and are fed up with insurers and how they make people feel. I have of course reached out and we are now chatting about the next steps that they can take.

The key takeaways:

• There are between 1.25 and 3.4 million people living with an eating disorder in the UK.
• Out of all of the psychiatric disorders, the highest death rates are linked to eating disorders.
• A case study of a man accessing insurance after living with bulimia.

Next time I have Roy McLoughlin and Kevin Carr joining me and we are going to be talking about public relations and insurance. We will be talking about negative news stories, the role of PR in improving our industry and our companies, awards, and the biggest problems that our sector is facing right now. 

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