Group Risk

Government has announced £1bn of employment support measures aimed at helping disabled and long-term sick people back into work. The Department for Work and Pensions said the new measures are designed to...

Legal & General saw its protection premium income and new business rise in 2024 as it highlighted a “highly competitive market”. The insurer also noted in its annual report published today that...

Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding...

Towergate Employee Benefits has hired Charlie Goodman as client director at Towergate Employee Benefits. Goodman has 20 years' experience in financial services including stints at Matioli Woods, Brooks Macdonald, Broadstone, Grant Thornton...

Genetic testing can go a long way in predicting certain diseases or conditions, but that has to be balanced with the danger of people being unfairly denied protection insurance, Health & Protection’s...

Advisers properly understanding their cost to serve customers is going to be fundamental coming out of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) pure protection market study. Kicking off Health & Protection's Protection Forum...

William Russell has revamped its group life offering. Designed for companies, institutions and organisations of all sizes, the new international group life insurance plan offers several key changes. These include an increase...

Government's impending national insurance contributions (NICs) increase is causing employers to increasingly discard group income protection cover in order to retain the immediate benefit to the workforce provided by group private medical...

Maxis Global Benefits Network (Maxis GBN) has revealed it is now working with Danica, a health insurance solutions company in Denmark. As part of the agreement Danica will offer life, critical illness,...

Zurich Corporate Risk has made Reframe's cancer support service and information hub available to its group critical illness customers and their employees. Reframe’s Cancer Support Service supports those who have received a...