This theme has been reinforced in the meantime by several meetings with industry colleagues I’ve known throughout those decades. He was diagnosed in his earlier forties with prostate cancer and has been living with that knowledge ever since. It’s purely that this neatly demonstrates that people (in this case men) entering middle age are susceptible to illness and injury of varying severity. We seem to be breaking the taboo that previously surrounded men talking about their health, problems and feelingsWhat is refreshing is that we seem to be breaking the taboo that previously surrounded men talking about their health, problems and feelings. Phil Jeynes is head of individual protection, UK at MetLife