Group Risk

Howden is warning the industry to beware of “really crap” health and wellbeing apps as Siemens is calling for insurers and advisers to give employers more support on which ones to use....

Aviva has made a series of changes to its individual protection underwriting process including increasing its medical evidence age and sum assured thresholds and relaxing its Covid policy. On individual income protection...

Munich Re has announced it will not renew existing contracts in Russia and Belarus and has suspended all new business. The group added it will do the same with its investments in...

OneAmerica has appointed Joe Ingream as senior vice president to lead its employee benefits business. Primarily focusing on group life and disability coverage for working Americans, Ingream will also be responsible for...

Female advisers' place greater emphasis on successful relationship building with client families than their male counterparts, according to research from the Embark Group. The group's latest Investor Confidence Barometer survey of 251...

Almost four in 10 employers have increased virtual healthcare support during the pandemic, according to research fromgroup risk industry body Grid. The research found 38% of businesses had increased support that can...

Aviva is the latest insurer to announce changes to cover the National Insurance Contribution (NIC) rise as part of group income protection (GIP) schemes. Canada Life and Legal & General have already...

Following a successful pilot, Paradigm Protect, part of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has become the first directly authorised distributor to added HSBC Life to its panel. HSBC Life offers a selection of short-...

Royal London has removed all Covid restrictions to its underwriting for cases up to £3m and below age 80, returning the mutual insurer to a pre-pandemic underwriting philosophy. The firm added it...

Insurers are noticing an increasing number of group income protection (GIP) customers coming to them for long Covid support. Official data released earlier this month, reveals the number of people in the...