Group Risk

The UK Heath & Protection Awards voting process is now open, as insurance and service providers get set to do battle to prove who is the best in their field. In October, we will...

The GRiD Training Academy – the learning and development initiative run by trade body GRiD (Group Risk Development) – today announced details of a new course designed for professionals wanting to take...

Sedgwick, the risk, benefits and integrated business solutions provider, has appointed Nicola Dryden as UK chief client officer. Dryden (pictured) has over 20 years of experience working in the insurance sector. Most...

Specialist intermediary Towergate Health & Protection has launched GP Hero, a new service that it says will enables employees to receive “unlimited advice” and “reassurance” from a doctor 24/7. The service –...

More than two fifths of all deaths in the week ending 22 January were related to Covid, official statistics show. An analysis of death certificates suggests that more than 9,000 deaths –...

Millions of people across the country are becoming increasingly concerned that they will not be able to access medical treatment if they need it as a result of the pandemic, research suggests....

One in four employees say they need mental health support in 2021 after working through the pandemic, research shows. A third of employees are unhappy in their job – “largely thanks to...

There has been a comparitively small but significant increase in the number of people coming into contact with “secondary” mental health services in England, official figures show. Statistics from NHS England reveal...

The vast majority of employers have stepped up their efforts to support employee mental health as a result of the pandemic, research shows. Over 90% of businesses surveyed for Aon said they...

Over a third (35%) of workers in Britain say they feel stressed or anxious while working from home during lockdown. A similar number (32%) feel lonely or isolated, while slightly more (38%)...