Last year the government announced it was abolishing the Lifetime Allowance (LTA). This potentially impacts group life insurance, with many companies previously setting up excepted group life policies to avoid tax charges...
More than nine out of 10 employers have increased, or plan to increase, the support offered to employees as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis. This research, by Towergate Health &...
The deadline for advisers to enter the Corporate Adviser Awards 2024 is just over two weeks away, on March 8. These awards are a chance for advisers working across the sector, from...
The insurance industry will struggle to make headway with the government unless the conversation changes around group income protection - and this will be a lost opportunity for the industry. This is...
Healthcare insurance broker Solutions Healthcare has joined Towergate Health & Protection. This comes after Glasgow-based Solutions Healthcare was acquired by Ardonagh Advisory. Towergate Health & Protection is owned by the wider Ardonagh...
Unhappy employees take nine more sick days a year on average than their more content colleagues according to new research. The Unum-sponsored survey — of more than 4,000 employees in the UK...
The government continues to rake in record amounts from insurance premium tax (IPT) as latest HMRC figures show it collected a total of £2.1bn in the third quarter the current financial year. ...
Group Risk Development has appointed Legal & General’s Colin Fitzgerald to be its new chair. Fitzgerald, who is distribution director of group protection at L&G, has worked in the employee benefits industry...
Employee benefits provider Unum UK has enhanced its carer’s leave by giving all staff with caring responsibilities up to 5 days paid leave a year. This will be available to Unum’s 850 plus...
Those aged between 50 and 64 are more likely to be absent from work due to ill health than younger age groups. The Office of National Statistics’ sickness absence data — covering...
