Group Risk

Judges have unveiled which companies impressed them most in the provider categories of this year's Corporate Adviser awards. A full shortlist for each of the 13 categories is published below, as the...

Employers need to review excepted group life assurance arrangements before the abolition of the lifetime allowance (LTA) on 6 April this year, according to a leading consultancy firm.  Quantum Advisory has warned...

How can employers support the physical, mental and financial wellbeing of their people? It’s a question often asked of an employee benefit consultant. Being an expert in the big people issues businesses...

Yurtle, a B2B solution helping employers prevent caregiver burnout in their workforce, has appointed Hollie Nairn to the new role of head of sales. Nairn has worked with a number of group...

Four out of 10 (43 per cent) employers plan to increase investment in employee benefits over the next year. The survey, conducted by  trade body Group Risk Development (Grid), found thought that...

The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy is to investigate leading EAP provider Health Assured, following a BBC File on 4 programme, that claiming calls were not always handled appropriately.  Health Assured...

The scale and depth of mental health support now available to employees via group risk products is virtually unrecognisable from how it was only a few years ago.  While employee assistance programmes...

The traditional, aggregated approach to underwriting group schemes always was, and largely remains, a manual process. This is costly and as a consequence, it’s pushed group providers towards larger schemes. But there’s...

Advisers have less than a week to enter this year’s Corporate Adviser Awards, with the deadline for the awards being March 8.  These flagship industry awards showcase innovation across the industry and celebrate...

More than two out of three employees (68 per cent) have worked while feeling ill or unwell over the past two years according to the latest research from Canada Life.  The group...