Furloughed workers will generally be considered to be employed under their prior terms of employment for group risk purposes, but the fine detail of precisely how payouts will work is yet to...
The Coronavirus pandemic is exactly the kind of situation that reinforces the value of group protection and the importance of using a quality, strong insurer with beneficial terms and conditions. As an...
A third of employers are failing to offer support for the physical wellbeing of staff, according to new industry research from Group Risk Development (Grid). The trade body pointed out such support...
Group life policies and other pure protection arrangements are to be exempted from anti-money laundering obligations under proposals published by HMRC today. Both excepted and registered trusts are to be exempted from...
A new digital employee benefits broker has launched targeting the small business market. Hooray Health & Protection claims to offer more cost-effective ways for SMEs to buy group risk and health insurance,...
In total more two-fifths (43 per cent) of businesses had employees absent for at least four weeks due to ill-health over the last two years, according to research from the British Chambers...
Take-up of support services offered by group risk providers has historically been very low, meaning that both employers and employees are missing out on many of these benefits these insurance products can...
Healthtech and digital medicine are increasingly been pushed as amongst the most effective ways to manage workplace wellbeing, health, absence and engagement. Group risk providers are starting to adopt new digital solutions...
AIG Life is adding a virtual GP and health service to all of its individual and group protection insurance offerings. The online tool called Smart Health gives all AIG Life individual customers...
More than a quarter of UK workers diagnosed with cancer felt let down by their employer, with 28 per cent of employees saying they either received no support whatsoever of the support...
