Group Risk

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has expects its management expenses budget to increase 5% to hit £99.8m for 2023-24, despite expecting to handle fewer claims next year. The increase is coming...

The former chairman of the Personal Finance Society's (PFS) financial planning practitioner panel believes in an ideal world the body would become independent of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) as it can...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is extending measures introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to now support all insurance customers in financial difficulty whatever the reason. In its CP23/1 consultation the regulator explained...

Self-employed people are leaving themselves financially exposed and face needing to carry on working should they be injured or become ill, despite the majority of people recognising the security of having protection...

Esme Pearson, employee benefits consultant at Hooray Health & Protection, speaks to Health & Protection about how Covid delayed her move into the corporate sector, the importance of having a boss that...

The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) has appointed Steven Woods as global director of data, technology and security and promoted Liz Yovich to director of global engagement and employee benefits, effective immediately. Woods...

Software and administration services provider Lumera has joined group risk industry body Grid. Paul White, chairman of Grid, said: "We continually develop new ways to add value to our members, both strategic...

The board of the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has extended Jonathan Evans' tenure as chairman for a further three years. He served two decades as an MP and MEP and was...

Alasdair Walker has stepped down as panel member and chairman of the financial planning panel at the Personal Finance Society (PFS) citing the ongoing dispute between the PFS and the Chartered Insurance...

Legal & General has promoted Dr Tarun Gupta to chief medical officer (CMO). He succeeds professor Robert Rubens, who steps down after more than 30 years but stays on as one of...