Group Risk

Sabrina Lane is to succeed Nicky Bray as chief underwriter for Zurich Life upon her retirement this autumn. Bray (pictured), chief underwriter for the past 13 years, joined Zurich as senior underwriting...

Employee benefits such as group life and health insurance schemes will only be permitted on a reinsurance basis under the UK’s new captive insurance regime with another primary insurer being required. Meanwhile,...

Perci Health has been added to WTW’s supplier list as a specialist provider of cancer prevention, risk and screening services.  This enables employers to offer their employees access directly to the firm's...

Vitality has appointed Adam Murphy (pictured, right) as group chief finance officer.  Murphy will oversee finance functions across all Vitality's international operations including the UK, US, Asia and in our partner markets,...

Advisers operating in the health and protection insurance industries will not now be charged with funding the regulator’s advice guidance boundary review (AGBR). Fee rates for advisers will also be trimmed slightly...

Broadstone has appointed Bethany Devin as principal consultant – health and risk within its employee benefits consulting division. Devin (pictured) joins from Everywhen where she was a principal consultant. A former a...

Legal & General (L&G) and Perci Health have launched a toolkit aimed at helping employers improve how they support their employees who have been diagnosed with cancer. The toolkit has been designed...

The government is to create a workplace health intelligence unit to help reduce employee absence and, therefore, boost productivity. The move was announced today in an update of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep...

Alan Milburn’s action plan on youth labour market inactivity is set to be published in September and has the backing of the likely successor to the prime minister. This is according to...

The Income Protection Taskforce (IPTF) is launching a financial education initiative to teach young adults about managing their money and the financial services industry. The initiative, called Financial Foundations was soft launched...