Group IP

Income protection provider PG Mutual has partnered with Medical Solutions to offer a virtual GP services to all its members. This will be available at not extra cost, and can be used...

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...

More than a quarter of income protection claimants that returned to work during the deferred period used support services offered by Legal & General. Figures released by the insurer show that its...

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...

Prior to the Covid pandemic, almost one in three medical appointments have been missed due to work pressures - and this is having  significant effect on productivity, according to new research. Research...

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...

Over 200 million working hours a year are lost to healthcare appointments, costing UK businesses an estimated £900 million in paid sick leave according to Unum. Research carried out by the insurer,...