Group Risk

Advisers operating in the health and protection insurance market will see their contribution to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) budget rise by 10.4% in the 2023/24 financial year. The rise comes as...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set a goal of spotting problem firms faster to help tackle the high Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy. It is developing proposals to improve complaints...

Unum UK witnessed increased demand for its remote GPs service during the winter as NHS services continued to be stretched, particularly out-of-hours. As of February 2023, the provider said more than a...

AIG Life marketing director Sue Helmont has retired after almost four decades in the industry. Earlier in her career, Helmont was a corporate communications manager at Aviva in 2005 where she worked...

LifeSearch’s employee benefits (EB) arm has agreed a partnership with WorkLife by OpenMoney platform. The intermediary will offer corporate clients access to benefits supporting a wide range of their employees’ financial, mental...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is introducing the proactively settled category to the way it processes cases to encourage firms to solve complaints more quickly. The regulator confirmed the move will be...

To mark National Stress Awareness Month which kicks off tomorrow, Health & Protection spoke to an array of advisers and found music, meditation, martial arts and painting - of canvasses and orks...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) expects to freeze individual case fees and its compulsory jurisdiction levy in the coming financial year. The regulator also intends to cut its voluntary jurisdiction levy for...

Group Risk Development (Grid) has written to chancellor Jeremy Hunt expressing concerns about HM Revenue & Customs "flawed" interpretation of taxation on group income protection (GIP), within the context of an optional...

Seven in 10 large companies say they find it difficult to ensure communication of health and wellbeing support is always relevant to employees, according to research from Towergate Health & Protection. The...