The impact of Covid-19, and the subsequent economic fallout is likely to leave a lasting imprint on the group protection and healthcare sector for years. Allyson Gayle, Premier Benefit Solutions Attendees at...
Group risk professionals are celebrating the confirmation that group life assurance is exempt from having to register with the Trust Registration Service, saving an extra admin burden for over 50,000 group life and critical...
MetLife’s 2019 Employee Benefits Trends Study revealed that six out of ten employees say that benefits were an important reason why they joined their company and 72% said having benefits customised to meet...
How has the delivery of group risk products and services been affected by the Covid-19 lockdown? The lockdown has forced all parties – brokers, employers, employees and insurers – to operate online,...
Group income protection is the fastest growing product line in group risk, increasing the number of employees covered by 7 per cent in 2019 to over 2.6 million employees, according to the...
Mercifully, the fact that group risk providers don’t pay different rates of commission spares us from the brouhaha so prevalent in the private medical insurance (PMI) field, where commission rates can differ significantly...
Legal & General is urging people with symptoms which may be linked to serious illness to seek medical advice from their GP, after it emerged its critical illness claims had fallen by...
The group risk industry paid a record £1.76bn amount in claims during 2019. New data published by Group Risk Development (Grid) showed that the total claims paid in 2019 rose by £75m...
Unum is giving free access to its digital Help@hand health and wellbeing service during Coronavirus to firms with less than 100 employees. Between 1st May and 31st July, 2020 small firms that have a...
The insurance industry needs to communicate clearly that a Covid-19 diagnosis won’t result in a claim under a group — or individual — critical illness policy, said speakers at an emergency Corporate...
