Group Risk

The group risk sector is in the midst of an existential crisis as pension legislation is reviewed says John Greenwood The Chancellor’s long-term plan for an overhaul of the pensions system could...

Over 300,000 more people became members of group risk schemes in 2015, bringing the number of people covered to more than 11.5m, with strong increases in excepted group life cover and critical...

April’s £1m pensions lifetime allowance poses serious questions about the tax efficiency of group life arrangements for high earners. This year’s Budget could make the situation even more uncertain, finds Edmund Tirbutt...

Employer strategies to address stress and mental ill health are reducing their impact as a cause of long-term absence according to Group Risk Development (Grid). New research from Grid shows stress and...

Aviva is launching what it describes as a market first relevant life insurance plan that comes with the option to add critical illness cover. One of two new business protection products on...

The master trust is tying up with Axa Self Investor for the Isa service, which will be made available from the Trust Pensions website or from the scheme portal. Investors will be...

Whatever method you use to measure growth, there can be no doubt that group critical illness cover grew significantly last year. But if you are of the glass-half-empty point of view then...

Called Simply Class, the product, which is launched today, will be available to registered advisers on the provider’s Class platform. The launch coincides with the day auto-enrolment hits the 1.1 million sub-50...

Research amongst employers with up to 49 employees shows 55 per cent would consider offering other benefits when they set up auto-enrolment pensions, equating to almost 600,000 employers. The research, conducted on...

The company is split into numerous distinct divisions, and there are great issues within the company with regard to sharing knowledge of salaries within other divisions. Some divisions are also notoriously slow...