Group Risk

Misconceptions about income protection (IP) could be behind the persistently low take-up of the product among British workers, according to Shepherds Friendly. Research from the mutual found just 14% of UK adults...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) executive director of consumers and competition Sheldon Mills is leaving the regulator, according to a report. Mills, who joined the FCA in 2018, will step down in the...

Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep Britain Working Review could not have been clearer and it is a call that has not fallen on deaf ears. The former John Lewis chairman called on UK...

Aviva has revamped its digital platform as it aims to improve online quoting for new SME group protection business. The Fusion platform replaces the previous Aviva Group Protection Online (AGPOL) platform and...

Firms which cancel their regulatory permissions part-way through the year will only be charged pro-rated fees, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing. The regulator has put forward a quarterly pro-rating model...

Oneglobal Brasil, the Brazilian arm of international insurance and reinsurance broker Oneglobal Broking Limited, has acquired Proativa Benefits Consulting, a brokerage specialising in corporate benefits management, for an undisclosed sum.  The group...

Dealing with cancer is probably one of the last things on the mind of most young people as they prepare to take on the world, both physically and metaphorically. However, understanding the...

There is a plausible long-term prospect of nobody ever dying from cancer where it becomes a chronic rather than life threatening condition, according to Perci Health co-founder and CEO Kelly McCabe (pictured). McCabe...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not the answer to solving loneliness which is becoming an increasingly important factor in physical and mental health. Speaking at the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII)...

Aviva’s protection sales were down by a combined 11% over the first nine months of the year however health business has risen 13% in 2025, the insurer reported. The figures showed a...