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Legal concerns could explain reluctance to support employees getting Covid jabs
An employment lawyer has told Health & Protection that concerns around breaching employment law or data protection rules could be behind employer reluctance to follow Acas guidance on supporting employees to get...
Read moreLawyer urges caution for advisers if staff refuse face-to-face meetings
An employment lawyer is urging insurers and advisers to tread carefully when dealing with staff who refuse to return to face-to-face meetings. Melanie Stancliffe, employment partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...
Read moreIPMI provider IMG appoints CEO
International medical insurance, global assistance, and travel insurance firm International Medical Group (IMG) has promoted Steve Paraboschi to chief executive officer, effective immediately. He will continue to serve as president of IMG...
Read moreNHS waiting list continues rising to reach 5.5 million
The number of patients waiting to start NHS treatment in England at the end of June reached a record 5.5 million according to latest figures – but this is expected to keep...
Read moreCQC orders improvements at Bromsgrove hospital after inadequate rating
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has ordered a Bromsgrove hospital caring for people with learning disability and autism to make improvements to ensure patient safety after rating it inadequate. The CQC carried...
Read moreVitality pays out £91.6m in protection claims
Vitality paid out £91.6m in claims in 2020 with a total of 1,632 claims paid across its life and terminal illness, serious illness and income protection products. Publishing its 2020 claims statistics,...
Read moreAviva protection and health profits up with tighter underwriting and price rises
Aviva’s UK health and protection business saw profits rise to £107m in the first half of 2021, up by a third from the same period last year. The insurer also noted it...
Read moreSmaller firms more likely to introduce support for ill or injured staff
The vast majority of businesses (84%) offer or intend to offer support services and interventions for ill or injured staff, according to research from group risk industry body Grid. Unsurprisingly the smallest...
Read moreQuilter profits slump and advisers depart despite protection income boost
Quilter saw its profits slashed in half while 141 advisers left the firm after deciding they did not want to become restricted in the first six months of 2021. The network said...
Read moreInsurers resume face-to-face meetings with advisers as BDMs hit the road
Insurers large and small across the health and protection industry are resuming face-to-face meetings with advisers as lockdown measures ease and more people are fully vaccinated. And Zurich has revealed it its...
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