Group Risk

Panic buying of petrol across the country is threatening to push advisers back into remote working, curtailing the return of client meetings and work in the office. In August, Health & Protection...

Nearly half of Britons have never seen a financial adviser but doing so boosts protection uptake, according to research from The Openwork Partnership. It found 45% of all 2,000 respondents had never...

Law firm BDB Pitmans has joined group risk industry body Grid. The law firm, which has worked on group life and excepted group life trusts for employers, insurers and independent trustees, said...

Introducing simple protection policies, group risk auto-enrolment and microinsurance products would help reduce lower-income customers’ exclusion from insurance, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has said. The panel of lower-income people...

Unum UK has appointed John Hyde as chief marketing officer. Hyde joins Unum’s executive committee from Hastings Direct where he was head of growth products and previously spent nine years at Legal...

It could take more than ten years for NHS cancer services in England to recover from the impact pandemic, according to a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The...

Income protection (IP) can really come into its own when advising high net worth individuals who believe their business is their pension. This is according to Victor Sacks, owner and director at...

HCB Group has partnered with digital GP service Doctor Care Anywhere. Doctor Care Anywhere enables patients to book digital GP appointments around the clock and speak to doctors by video or phone...

Aviva has promoted Andrea Montague (pictured) to chief risk officer. Montague, who joined the insurer as group chief financial controller in April 2020, has held senior finance and audit leadership roles at...

Working To Wellbeing has joined group risk industry body Grid. The return-to-work healthcare specialist works with insurers, benefit providers and employers, specialising in helping people with long-term physical and mental health conditions....