Dipa Mistry-Kandola has stepped down from her role as CEO of Cloud8, the employee benefits technology platform acquired by Benefex last October. Cloud8 is a white-labelled software as-a-service provider that was founded...
Progress is definitely being made by the group critical illness (CI) market as statistics from Swiss Re’s Group Watch show (see Box) In-force group CI policies (both employer-paid and voluntary) were 11.6 per...
Wellness trends, employee health needs and competitor pressures can make an organisation’s wellbeing programme look seriously out of shape. To ensure it keeps packing a punch, workplace wellbeing must be an ongoing...
The Treasury looks set to collect a record amount of insurance premium tax this year, with receipts to date up by 11 per cent. HMRC tax receipts, covering the first two thirds...
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...
