AIG Life has appointed former HSBC UK Insurance deputy CEO Neil Davies to the role of commercial director, reporting to Phil Willcock, chief executive officer. Davies brings over 30 years’ experience holding...
Legal & General Insurance has named Dr Tarun Gupta as its new medical officer (MO) to provide medical opinion on complex group risk cases. Gupta is an NHS GP, clinical commissioner and...
Paul Avis, one of the group risk sector's leading commentators and influencers, is leaving Canada Life Group Insurance after 11 years. Avis leaves Canada Life by mutual consent and will pursue new...
Vladimir Lenin once observed that there are decades when nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen. The comments have frequently been used to describe the rapid changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic...
A sense of responsibility The conversations my team have had with employee benefits consultants and financial advisers in recent months reflect the very human vulnerability that living through a pandemic has made...
How big is the untapped opportunity in workplace protection insurance? What is the most effective way for intermediaries to increase distribution of workplace protection products at scale? What will new technology arriving...
In my last column I referenced the lack of transparency in the group risk market over claim statistics. New evidence demonstrates dramatically how poorly the UK group income protection sector compares to...
The Covid crisis has underlined how important it is for employers, insurers and wellbeing providers to provide effective services to support employees’ mental health. In recent years campaigns run by charities such as...
Legal & General Insurance and Salary Finance have today launched a digital group insurance platform that enables employees to dial up or down cover across group life, income protection and critical illness...
DWP head of delivery, work and health unit Jennifer Heigham will deliver the keynote speech at Corporate Adviser’s Workplace Protection & Wellbeing: Building Back Resilience virtual conference next month. Heigham, who works on...
