Group Risk

Cost pressures on SMEs and the economic environment are driving business worries for workplace protection advisers, but the growing interest of health and wellbeing is countering these concerns. More than half (55%)...

Spiralling inflation and energy costs have combined to create a cost of living crisis in which some people have been left with a choice between eating and heating. As a result, some...

Unum UK paid a total of £395m in claims in 2022, up £29m on 2021, with around £216m of the total being for group income protection (GIP). However it warned that the...

Abbie Marlow, client manager at Swiss Re, speaks to Health & Protection about trying to find a vocation which would make use of analytical skills gained at university, not giving up on...

Legal & General has joined professional body the Consumer Duty Alliance (CDA) which launched on 9 March. The body has been established with the aim of promoting good practice, delivering better client...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointments of Therese Chambers and Steve Smart as joint executive directors of enforcement and market oversight, as well the creation of a single legal...

Fostering diverse workforces is not just a nice thing to do as it can have a significant impact on an advice firm's reputation and employee retention rates improving its bottom line, with...

Legal & General Group Protection has added a range of on demand services to its group income protection (GIP) Virtual Clinic for members and their families. These services include online physiotherapy from...

Lee Lovett is retiring as managing director (MD) of group protection at AIG Life with Donald MacLean appointed as his successor. Lovett has spent more than 40 years in the financial services...

Health and protection insurance comparison service Usay Compare has partnered with Contact State to improve its marketing activity and validate leads. Usay said the platform had been brought on board to help...