Obituary: Cyril Chaplin

Life Brokers Association (LBA) founder and inaugural president Cyril Chaplin passed away after a long illness on January 9, 2012.

Current LBA president Noel Charles paid tribute to Chaplin, describing him as a man ahead of his time.

"He was somebody with a great deal of foresight. He could see the benefit of strength in numbers when dealing with product providers. That's very commonplace today [but] Cyril saw that probably before anybody else did," he said.

Charles also paid tribute to the way Chaplin dealt with illness, saying that was typical of his character.