Group Risk

Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 will close this week. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been...

Perci Health has appointed Katie Crook-Davies as director of strategic accounts. Crook-Davies (pictured) has more than 15 years’ experience across the UK protection industry. A qualified life actuary, with experience at Swiss...

Clare Dodd knows full well why employees will always remember that moment when their employer went the extra mile to offer effective support in the immediate aftermath of losing a loved one....

A National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)-type scheme to tackle labour market inactivity is possible but complex, according to Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager, life and health UK and Ireland at Swiss Re. Ahead...

Howden has appointed Rob Brown (pictured) as head of employee benefits, Howden Markets. Brown’s remit will be to lead the development of a clear, scalable market proposition, bringing greater consistency and negotiation...

April 2025’s increases to employer national insurance contributions (NIC) have proven a key factor behind slower growth of the UK group risk market, according to reinsurer Swiss Re. Notably, the number of...

The Treasury collected a record £9bn of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts in the last financial year, according to HM Revenue and Customs. Furthermore, Inheritance Tax income also hit a fresh high...

Greater adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the protection industry may not necessarily lead to job losses, according to Equisoft. While AI might phase out much of the day-to-day manual administrative tasks...

Broadstone has appointed Emily Degan as team leader for its risk and health desk-based consulting team. Up until February of this year she led a team of client relationship managers as a...

The protection and health insurance sector needs to be making progress in becoming more diverse in order to better reflect the society and the customer base it serves. There is evidence that...