Three out of four employers remain unaware of how a life insurance payment can impact on a beneficiary's pension allowance according to new research from Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing. This survey,...
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...
Group risk providers made payouts to 891 sets of dependents totalling over £93m in 2020, just 11 per cent of all working age deaths - meaning a majority of workers’ deaths saw...
Unum is extending access to its Help@hand health and wellbeing app to life insurance and critical illness policyholders with 250 employees or less, at no cost, giving employees direct access to medical...
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...
Sponsored content The value of group protection hasn’t changed. The need for people to protect their life, their ability to earn an income and to keep a roof over their heads remains....
Traditionally group protection and its individually-advised counterpart have been worlds apart, with corporate plans having entirely different underwriting processes and pricing to retail cover. But as employers look to get ‘more for...
Last week’s Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that Uber’s claimant drivers could be classed as ‘workers’, not self-employed, will translate into essential protections, in terms of more pay and job security, plus financial...
