Employers are seriously underestimating the chances of their workforce being affected by serious illness or bereavement in the year ahead, according to new research. The survey by Group Risk Development (GRiD), the...
The Chartered Insurance of Personal Development (CIPD) has reported a 37 per cent increase in work-related stress in UK business over the past year. It is well documented that this can lead...
Legal & General has confirmed it paid out £292m in group protection claims in 2018. These latest figures show that mental health issues continue to be the main reason for group income...
The group risk industry paid out a new high of £1.68bn in claims in 2018, a £64.5m increase on 2017, and helped 5,595 people back to work after a period of sick...
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...
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 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...
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,...
The new live webchat service service, which will be available from Monday 10 December 2018, will let employees discuss their concerns, privately and confidentially, in real time with a qualified counsellor. The Online...
Health secretary Matt Hancock set out plans to make prevention a central plank of the upcoming NHS long term plan, and a green paper will be published on this issue next year. ...
