Group Risk

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...

Health, benefits and pension administrator Aptia has appointed a group chief information officer ahead of its 2024 launch.  Imran Ali (pictured) joins the firm following nine years as group chief technology and...

The workforce could lose millions of female employees unless more is done to support women with menstrual and menopausal health symptoms, according to research from Simplyhealth and the Chartered Institute for Personnel...