Group Risk

Legal & General paid out over £335m in group protection claims in 2021 - a 4 per cent increase on the year before.  There were increases in both the value of life...

It seems natural to have a sense of foreboding about how the group risk claims story might pan out in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. We still have little idea exactly what...

Aegon paid 7 per cent more protection claims in 2021 when compared to figures from the year before according to its latest published data. The insurer said this increase was driven by...

Punter Southall Aspire’s chief executive, Steve Butler, has been appointed by Oxford Brookes Business School as a visiting industrial fellow. This scheme was set up by the university’s business school to strengthen...

Towergate Health & Protection has expanded its group risk team with the appointment of two new consultants. Rob Joyce joined at the end of March, with Savas Kilicer joining at the end...

Maxis GBN has partnered with MindCo Health to offer clients new virtual programmes designed to stop smoking and ease stress. Californian-based MindCo Heath is a digital health company specialising in VR programmes...

Aegon has launched a new online protection dashboard for advisers. This platform brings together all of Aegon’s protection applications, allowing advisers to complete and submit applications online, track these in real-time and...

Mental health has been having an increasing impact on the workplace for a number of years. In fact, it has now become the biggest reason for workplace absence.  The NHS is seeing...

Broadstone has joined Grid, the industry body for group risk, to keep up to date with industry developments as the company grows. Broadstone says Grid's training and platform, which allows members to...

SPONSORED CONTENT Our four-step guide to new pension consolidation rules From 31 December 2021, new regulations come into force which require DC schemes to carry out extended value-for money assessments and report back on whether consolidation...