Group Risk

Lucy Pearce has joined the senior management team at Advo, becoming a shareholding director and co-owner alongside Larry Bulmer, Colin Boxall and Chris McCracken. Pearce first joined Advo in 2006 and has...

One in 10 employees using virtual GPs and mental health apps are making appointments for dependents under 18 years of age. Data from Legal & General and Teladoc shows the demand for...

One in five employers report being concerned about chronic long-term illnesses within their workforce.  Research commissioned by Grid, the trade body for the group risk sector, found concerns about employees living with...

Söderberg & Partners has taken a minority takes in the employee benefits and wealth management business Generation Financial Services for an undisclosed sum.  Generation says this will enable it to expand and enhance its...

Six out of 10 employers are planning to increase their spend on benefit technology in the next two years, with almost half (46 per cent) specifically looking to increase investment in financial...

Foster Denovo is buying Punter Southall Aspire’s employee benefits business and will integrate it into its Secondsight division. The transaction will mean the team doubles in size and increases its national coverage to...

Unum has appointed Jon Dye as an independent non-executive director.  Dye is currently CEO of Hiscox, a role he took on in September 202. Prior to this he was the CEO of...

Financial planning and insurance firms are being asked to partner with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) to pilot T Levels, the new 2-year, Level 3, qualifications available...

Employers are spending up to £15bn a year on employee benefits that are not being used by staff according to new research. Isio’s research found that less than a quarter (23 per...

Originally from Winnipeg, the home of Canada Life, it was as CEO of the UK arm of that insurer that Doug Brown made the switch to Aviva in 2021, succeeding Aviva Life’s...