Aviva's Patrick Tiernan on getting Britain back to business
The tragic toll of Covid-19 is incalculable. In less than five months, this pandemic has taken away so many loved ones – devastating families, friends and colleagues on a scale that could not have been imagined. Patrick Tiernan, managing director UK commercial lines and global corporate and specialty at Aviva, explains why risk management is more important than ever.
By using our social fabric as its mode of spreading, the Covid-19 virus has shut down our way of life. Work, school, travel, socialising and, most painful for many, our way of grieving – nearly all
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