Group Risk

Employers are facing a multitude of challenges across their businesses today, including rising health-related absences. In 2025, the Labour Force Survey estimated 148.8 million working days were lost because of sickness or...

Axa’s life and health businesses posted an 8% increase in gross written premiums (GWP) and other revenues in the first six months of 2026, the global insurer revealed. The insurer said favourable...

Health & Protection is delighted to announce that Lia’s Wings is the charity partner of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026. Lia’s Wings delivers life-saving air transfers by plane both within...

Working To Wellbeing is working with BW Consulting to help broaden the reach of its services to more advisers. Barry Waring set up BW Consulting in February after leaving YuLife where his...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is contacting firms operating in the insurance market whose business models “may be creating heightened risks of conflicts of interest”. The regulator also warned it was “monitoring...

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has launched a consultation on making amalgamations and transfers of friendly societies easier to complete. The regulator wants to improve the clarity and accessibility of Part VIII...

HealthHero has told Health & Protection it has successfully completed the refinancing required to provide the business with the “significant financial headroom” to pursue its strategic growth ambitions. The refinancing closed in...

Financial education, making protection a ‘national priority,’ and keeping on with Keeping Britain Working should be prioritised by the UK’s new prime minister. The long held goal of tax incentives to encourage...

UK regulators are looking to replicate measures typically in place around the world in their approach to captive insurance for employee benefits, according to trade body Grid. The body was also reasonably...

As few as 40 organisations out of a possible maximum of 850 will use the new UK captive regime, according to estimates from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority...