Obituary: Iain Winfield
Insurance Age is devastated to announce the passing of our friend and production editor, Iain Winfield, who many of you will have met as he took photographs, and also filmed videos, with us and the insurance community. Please take a moment to read our tribute.
It is with great sadness that we have to report that the Infopro Digital insurance and production teams have lost a dear friend and colleague Iain Winfield, who passed away two weeks ago.
Iain joined what was Incisive Media in 2008 as a sub-editor on Accountancy Age before moving into the insurance division in 2011 as production editor on Insurance Age.
Although he was a quiet and unassuming member of staff, for those who ever spent some time with him would attest, he had a dry sense of humour
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