Group Risk

Canada Life has appointed Dan Crook to the role of managing director, group protection, reporting to UK CEO Lindsey Rix-Broom.   His appointment follows his tenure as interim managing director since February 2024. ...

Helen Croft is leaving AIG Life to join global reinsurer Scor as head of life and health underwriting. Croft started at AIG Life back in 2013 as a development underwriter, progressing to...

Employee assistance programme (EAP) provider Health Assured has denied claims in a BBC investigation that it has breached the confidentiality of its users by allowing corporate clients to eavesdrop on calls.  The...

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Beth Alahakoon as head of operational excellence. Leading delivery of operational excellence across health and protection, Alahakoon (pictured) will aim to ensure colleague and client voices...

A protection adviser standing as a candidate for Reform UK has complained about Health & Protection’s Pride coverage, arguing that hearing from the LGBTQ+ community is not for a professional publication.  Mark...

PIB Employee Benefits has appointed Daniel Beament as head of protection. He joins from Towergate where he was a protection team manager, having been appointed as employee benefits and protection consultant upon...

Insurance broker and risk management company Gallagher has agreed a partnership with protection advice specialist LifeSearch to jointly deliver additional insurance products and services to micro-SME businesses. Gallagher is a global insurance...

Legal & General Retail has published the second edition of its Chief Medical Officer Report, which explores how and why group income protection (GIP) could help contribute to organisational diversity, equity and...

Two-thirds (64%) of neurodiverse employees in the UK feel their workplaces lack sufficient support, putting businesses at risk of employee alienation.  Opinium surveyed 2,000 people for Zest's Unlocking the potential of neurodiversity...

Richard Brown, senior manager at Scottish Widows, speaks to Health & Protection about how his sexuality does not define him in the workplace, the importance of being open about his sexuality and...