Group Risk

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans for a live artificial intelligence (AI) testing service, aimed at facilitating the safe use of the technology within the financial sector.   The regulator...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has announced the addition of Sapiens as its newest member, bringing the total of new members to join the organisation in 2025 to nine.  Sapiens is...

This is the last day to vote in the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed David Otudeko as director of regulation. Otudeko (pictured) who joined the ABI as assistant director, head of prudential regulation, in June 2021, has been...

Chedid Insurance Brokers in Qatar has announced the appointment of Alaa Ladkani, head of its international networks division, to the board of the Worldwide Insurance Network Group (WING).  WING, based in Zurich,...

The Boss, Bach, Coldplay and even an adviser's son's own band feature among our latest list of stress-busting songs the great and the good from the sector listen to in order to...

Insurers have outlined to Health & Protection how the changes to national insurance contributions (NICs) will effect employers with group income protection (GIP) plans. UK businesses now have to pay higher National...

Reframe Cancer has appointed professor Ben Kelly as chief operating officer. He joins Reframe Cancer from Nuffield Health, where he spent 10 years within their senior leadership team. As data director, Kelly...

Progress has been made in turning around protection market sales and the latest quarterly data has shown increased demand for income protection is continuing apace. But the protection gap persists, particularly among...

Group income protection (GIP) and private medical insurance (PMI) address slightly different needs and both have an important role to play in improving workplace wellbeing. This is according to Ron Wheatcroft, technical...