A modest investment in a financial incentive for employers taking out group income protection would deliver the Government a substantial return says Zurich head of market management, corporate risk Nick Homer The...
A £30 per employee flat rate reduction in National Insurance could see a further 1.5m UK workers covered by group income protection and save the Government £220m over 5 years, says the...
Actual and perceived costs are the main barriers to employers offering group income protection (GIP), with awareness of the product and incentives key to increasing coverage, research from Group Risk Development has...
Group income protection is extending its reach into lower income groups within the workplace with more than half of workers covered now earning less than £40,000 a year, according to figures from...
NI incentives will help to boost group income protection, but improving employee awareness of the value of the benefit will be key says Broadstone risk and flexible benefits client relationship director Nick...
The position of excepted group life policies (EGLP) and group income protection schemes have been thrown into question by a lack of clarity in the Finance Bill released last week. Experts say...
Income protection is a misnomer and the product should be rebranded to reflect the broader range of services it offers, say experts at the Corporate Adviser Healthcare and Group Risk Summit. Speaking...
The group income protection sector needs to do more to share its evidence base with government and the wider workplace health community if its views are to be given weight in formulating...
It is not every day that the Government tells the group risk industry that it likes what it does. Nor does it often ask how it can change things so more products...
Aviva is partnering with Care First to offer access to its ‘EAP In Your Pocket’ app, which will be available to Aviva’s new and existing Group Income Protection clients from 1st January...
