Group risk sales boosted by big increase in EGLPs
The number of people covered by corporate group risk policies increased by 3.3 per cent in 2018 - or almost half a million people - according to the latest sector report by...
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Tom Baigrie Q&A: ‘The most prolific intermediary in workplace protection?’
Why is LifeSearch doing more in the group risk space? Our advisers told us they would like to do more business protection. Initially the route to market was small business owners receiving...
Care first joins group risk trade body
Employee Assistance Programme provider Care first has joined the industry body Group Risk Development (Grid). With EAPs increasingly becoming an integral part of group risk products, Care first says it is looking...
Unum enhances EAP proposition
Unum is enhancing its Employee Assistance Programme which is available to all group income protection, critical illness and group life customers. This EAP will now offer a range of additional health and...
Winter wellbeing worse for under 30s
Workers under 30 are the most likely to suffer from stress and poor mental health in winter, with 55 per cent of this age group more stressed than usual in the season,...
Generali to pay employers’ wellbeing services costs
Generali Employee Benefits UK will pay for employers to receive services from Close Brothers, Neyber and Wagestream where a wellbeing shortfall has been identified. The move is part of the provider’s Wellbeing...
LifeSearch one of top three companies to work for in UK
The life insurance and protection brokerage Lifesearch was voted the third best company to work for in the UK, by The Sunday Times. Lifesearch sources insurance and protection policies for both individuals...
Two out of five workers looking to switch jobs this year
A significant proportion of workers are unhappy in their current employment, and actively seeking other positions, according to new research. The survey, by Unum found that two out of five workers (38...
Employers fail to communicate benefit packages to staff
Employers are failing to give information to staff on their workplace benefits, according to new research. Around one in three employees (34 per cent of those surveyed) said they wanted more information...
Profile: Swiss Re’s Ron Wheatcroft – fifty years of life
It was the year David Hemery won the 400m hurdles Olympic gold medal, The Beatles released The White Album and a young Ron Wheatcroft joined an insurance company that was ultimately to become part of Swiss Re....
