Group Risk

The British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) has launched a referral partnership with LifeSearch offering the trade body's general insurance members access to personal and business protection cover for their clients. BIBA said...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has thrown down the gauntlet to insurers to consider neurodivergent individuals when designing products. FCA senior adviser for equality Georgina Philippou said the regulator wants firms to...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has added three new members to its ranks. Caspian Insurance Services and Pure Protect join as organisational members, with former Cabinet Office disability and access ambassador for...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) fair value product rules have come into force today. The rules ensure that general insurance products, including health and protection policies, must be assessed to ensure they...

Networking events, sharing best practice and help with recruitment for candidates and companies are some of the ways insurance industry group Gain intends to unlock the potential of neurodivergent talent in the...

Sian Fisher is to step down as CEO of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) after more than six years at the helm of the professional body. Fisher (pictured) will complete her six-month...

The end of furlough is fuelling increased demand for mental health support, according to insurers. Data obtained by Health & Protection reveals that around 15% of requests for mental health consultations to...

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...