Group Risk

Tax relief on health interventions such as health insurance, employee assistance programmes, and wellness initiatives will boost the productivity of UK plc. This is according to Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries...

The benefits employers provide their people with can play a key role in tackling environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues ranging from increasing access to healthcare to preparing for environmental disasters. Three...

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is “keen to learn” about how group income protection (GIP) and wider workplace health support can be included in its occupational health (OH) measures. It...

The Conservative government is still considering if it will cut taxes or provide any other support for employers and employees who take out private medical insurance (PMI) or group risk policies through...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to increase minimum and flat rate fees in stages to £2,200 by 2026/27. After having frozen these fees in 2023/24, the regulator said in its...

Protection adviser LifeSearch has agreed a protection advice referral partnership with 2plan Wealth Management. The arrangement went live in early November and is available to new and existing clients of 2plan’s 450-plus...

IPipeline has appointed Pat O’Donnell as chief executive officer.  O’Donnell (pictured) succeeds Deane Price, who has been interim CEO since February 2022. Price joined IPipeline after more than 10 years with fellow Roper...

Aviva has reported an 18% increase in health and protection new business in 2023 when compared to the first nine months of last year. The insurer's trading update for the third quarter...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added Wiltshire Friendly to its specialist group protection proposition. Appointed representative (AR) firms can now access the insurer's range of income protection products, with specific...

Isobel Dobney, head of people and talent development at LifeSearch, speaks to Health & Protection about plunging straight into the world of work after quitting her university course one year in, taking...