Group Risk

Aviva has added a dedicated neurodiversity pathway for group income protection (GIP) customers to its wider suite of vocational rehabilitation and early intervention services. The pathway aims to provide workplace support for...

Insurers are not focusing on introducing digital business channels for fear of upsetting and disrupting advisers and intermediaries, according to Swiss Re-backed technology provider IptiQ. The firm warned that regulatory interventions would...

Legal & General paid just over £335m in group protection claims in 2021, up almost 4% on 2020. The provider's 2021 group claims data reveals group critical illness cover claims almost doubled...

International research has shown the impact of early multidisciplinary rehabilitation for people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has a huge impact on the long-term functional outcomes. Put simply, the...

Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has made two senior appointments as it continues expanding its international business. The intermediary firm has appointed Leigh Dauncey as global benefits director for The Middle East,...

The health of their family is a top life priority for more than eight in 10 employees - second only to their own personal health, according to research. Engage Health Group’s Work,...

Private medical insurance (PMI) ranks as one of the most in demand workplace benefits by employees, with only flexible working and home working more highly desired. Encouragingly for the sector, risk benefits...

Employee wellbeing and benefits provider Vivup has joined group risk industry body Grid. Karl Bennett, wellbeing director at Vivup, said: “Having worked with Grid in a previous role, it demonstrated the value...

The judging panel for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 has been revealed. In all 37 experts and leaders from across the health, protection and international insurance and workplace benefits industry...

Sickness absence rates hit 3.1% in 2021 translating to an average 7.3 sick days per employee - the highest level since 2009, according to data from XpertHR. The firm, which surveyed 149...