Economy

UK employees are 'woefully under-insured', with employers contributing to a widening protection gap, according to research from consultancy Barnett Waddingham. More than two-thirds of employees are not receiving benefits such as critical...

Advisers believe conversations about getting protected have grown in importance with the return of 100% loan to value (LTV) mortgages that potentially bring higher risks for clients in a "volatile" housing market....

The Treasury Committee of MPs is calling for views and experiences of the insurance industry since the pandemic ahead of its questioning industry leaders from Aviva, Admiral and the Association of British...

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data indicating that work-limiting health conditions are the single biggest contributor to economic inactivity is making the business case for increased investment in healthcare, according to consultants...

The UK's health, wealth and happiness levels are plumbing depths not seen since the height of the pandemic, according LifeSearch research. The advice firm's Health, Wealth & Happiness Index found almost a...

The Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (GAIN) has appointed Sir Robert Buckland MP as honorary president. Sir Robert (pictured) is Conservative MP for Swindon South and also chairman of the...

The insurance jobs market is definitely improving but has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to  Aviva. There insurer told MPs in Parliament that the financial services sector had been particularly hard...

More than 7,000 people have been added to the number of people who who are economically inactive due to long term sickness in the UK in the past month. Last month data...

The first three months of 2023 saw the highest number of excess deaths in the UK since the start of the second wave of the pandemic. Based on provisional Office for National...

Cost pressures on SMEs and the economic environment are driving business worries for workplace protection advisers, but the growing interest of health and wellbeing is countering these concerns. More than half (55%)...