Group Risk

Nurse-led health wellbeing specialists RedArc have joined the trade body Group Risk Development (Grid).  Increasingly a number of providers offering wellbeing or added-value services have joined the group risk trade body. RedArc...

Employers says wellbeing support is now more important to recruitment and retention — with potential employees more likely to ask about the support offered. Around 34 per cent of employers said that...

When providers are reluctant to comment and intermediaries have wildly contrasting views, it suggests that all is not hunky-dory with the group critical illness market. Swiss Re’s Group Watch data suggests healthy...

SPONSORED CONTENT One year on from the start of our partnership with Spectrum.Life and the usage data is in. It’s official; employees are using the EAP proactively, to help stay well and...

The UK’s first disability ambassador, and a veteran of the protection industry, Johnny Timpson has quit his role as a government advisor on dementia in protest at the DWP’s treatment of unpaid...

Aviva paid over £413m in group protection claims during 2023, with cancer being the biggest cause of payout, across group life, group income protection and group critical illness.  This is a significant...

The UK group risk market enjoyed another record year of growth in 2023, according to the latest market figures from Swiss Re. Its Group Watch report shows that the number of in-force...

Aviva has completed the acquisition of AIG’s protection business for £453m. The deal, announced in September last year, sees Aviva purchase AIG Life from Corebridge Financial, a subsidiary of the US-based insurance...

PIB Employee Benefits has acquired benefits platform YouatWork for an undisclosed sum.  PIB Employee Benefits says this aquisition will enable it to expand its product portfolio, and marks a significant chapter in...

Dissatisfied employees lost 77 days' work due to absence and presenteeism last year according to research from Vitality. As part of Vitality’s Britain’s Healthiest Workplace survey, participants were asked to rate their...