Group Risk

While the vast majority of asset managers do not have a formal wellbeing strategy in place despite offering private medical, life insurance and income protection, according to Howden Employee Benefits and Wellbeing....

The proportion of mental illness income protection (IP) claims Zurich received doubled in 2020. The insurer revealed more than one in four (27%) IP claims were triggered by mental health conditions last...

Insurers and reinsurers are partnering with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the University of Leicester to produce an up to date understanding of the risks of diabetes. It is...

Employers should be as clear as possible with employees about sick pay and health insurance benefits from day one, according to employment lawyers. Melanie Stancliffe, partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...

IPipeline has witnessed 10% growth in intermediary protection sales year-on-year through its adviser platforms. The firm's Q1 data reveals new business volumes were up 10% during the first three months of 2021...

There is a bubble waiting to burst for employers in the form of increased long-term absence rates due to growing numbers of employees not accessing treatments during the pandemic. Steve Herbert, head...

There has been a dramatic 29% fall in complaints about protection insurance products, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Analysis of the complaints data shows there were 61,834 complaints...

While firms increasingly understand the importance of providing health and protection benefits to staff in these times, the severe economic downturn caused by the pandemic has meant many are choosing to put...

Almost half of mortgage holders do not have any financial protection in place and one in five were adamant nothing would make them consider protecting themselves, MetLife research has found. For those...

Protection advice firm LifeSearch has joined 26 financial services firms in signing up to a new Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) charter aimed at increasing flexible working to improve diversity and equality...