Group Risk

Winning Best Mental Health Advice Firm at the Health & Protection Awards was a first in more ways than one, according to Brett Hill, head of health and protection at Broadstone. Speaking...

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has appointed Shepherds Friendly, Ann-Marie O’Dea, as board chairwoman. Previously vice-chairwoman, she succeeds Stuart Tragheim, who has stood down following his retirement from Holloway Friendly Society...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help embed healthcare and protection offerings with smaller employers. One of the hot news topics of recent months has been the arrival of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the...

Royal London has appointed Peter Josse as group chief operating officer. Josse joins on 4 March 2024 and will report to the mutual's group CEO Barry O’Dwyer. Over a career spanning 20...

Pacific Prime has extended its operations in Asia with the finalisation of its acquisition of MIT Insurance Brokers, an insurance brokerage firm in Malaysia. MIT Insurance, which has operated in Malaysia for...

There is no getting around the fact that cancer treatment is costly. Mindful of these costs, the focus for insurers is firmly on prevention and early diagnosis and a more individualised approach...

Axa has blamed higher health claims frequency in the UK as one of the primary factors behind an 8% decline in life and health earnings for 2023. The insurer's full year results...

Zurich Life saw a record-high profit for its life insurance, totalling $2.1bn for 2023, according to its latest results.  Life showed business operating profit of $2,060m in 2023, up from $1,487m in...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) raised £6.5bn for the Treasury between April 2023 and January 2024 compared to £5.9bn in the same period of the previous year  according to latest HM Revenue &...

UK businesses will be urged to tackle in-work sickness and stop people from falling out the workforce, following the appointment of Dame Carol Black as the government’s new occupational health tsar. Black,...