Many business areas have been decimated by Covid-19, but group risk certainly hasn’t been one of them. Indeed, if someone glancing at Swiss Re’s Group Watch 2021 was hypothetically unaware of the pandemic,...
There are nearly 3 million requests into GP practices for patient medical reports each year, requests submitted by insurers, third parties and government agencies. GP practices are busy, even more so at...
Legal & General paid out £323m in group protection claims last year, an 5 per cent increase on 2019 figures. The data published by the insurer indicates its focus on rehabilitation and...
The proportion of income protection claims caused by mental illness doubled during 2020, making it the most common reason for a claim according to data published by Zurich. The insurer said that...
Rehabilitation specialists, Working to Wellbeing is looking to partner with intermediaries to roll out its Long Covid work support service to small businesses. This is a personalised service integrating physical and psychological...
The group risk market continued to grow during 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to Swiss Re’s latest Group Watch Report. This wide-ranging annual report shows the total number of in-force policies...
Towergate Health & Protection is warning employers they urgently need to improve engagement with employees as the economy moves out of lockdown. Employers who fail to do this could lose staff warns...
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought home to employers and employees the true value of group risk insurance, both in terms of the core insurance and associated health and wellbeing benefits. For many years...
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought home to employers and employees the true value of group risk insurance, both in terms of the core insurance and associated health and wellbeing benefits. For many years...
Canada Life will now offers its WeCare virtual support package to all group income protection customers. Canada Life has offered this service to its CLASS customers since November 2020. WeCare, which is...
