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....
SMEs are struggling to attract and retain staff, according to new research from MetLife UK. Bosses companies employing between 50 and 300 staff say attracting talent is a bigger challenge than growing...
A deeper understanding of the value that group risk delivers to organisations is the key to expanding the new-to-market sales channel. That was the view of delegates at a Corporate Adviser/Canada Life Group Insurance round table debate...
Structural changes in the workplace, technological innovation, providers’ direct strategies and increased consolidation all mean group risk products must develop to thrive in the market of the future, said delegates at a Corporate Adviser round table in London...
Unum has launched a new excepted group life policy (EGLP) master trust, designed to simplify the process for employers. This allows Unum to write multiple group life policies under a single master...
So called ‘added-value services’ have grown in popularity with protection insurers in recent years. We were the first company to partner with an insurer in offering one. Insurers keen to differentiate loyalty and build trust...
This digital platform gives brokers a wealth of information on their clients, enabling them to quote, apply and renew policies using a single system. It is aimed at schemes insuring between 10...
The group risk industry body is asking the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) to push for an exemption from the potential charges where the sole asset of a discretionary trust is an...
Open to both intermediaries and providers, the academy will launch with two workshops. Areas covered include understanding the market, products and added-value benefits, taxation, legislation and underwriting. The first workshop is in...
During Dying Matters week, 14 – 20 May 2018, Group Risk Development (Grid) is addressing what it sees as being wrongly held perceptions that someone’s family would not receive a pay-out should...
