Group Risk

The law firm BDB Pitmans has joined the trade body Group Risk Development (Grid).  The law firm has worked on group life and excepted group life trusts for employers, insurers and independent...

Financial worries are causing mental health problems for more than half of UK employees according to new research.  Barnett Waddingham found 60 per cent of employees said money worries were causing them to...

UK businesses and HR professionals are expecting further Covid-19 restriction and challenges accessing NHS care this autumn and winter.  Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing survey of senior HR, finance and payroll professionals...

With furlough ending at the end of this month, many returning workers are looking for a reduced hours or a pay rise according to new research. A survey of these furloughed workers...

Working to Wellbeing has joined the trade body Group Risk Development (Grid). Working To Wellbeing specialises in helping people with long-term physical and mental health conditions, and has developed an evidence-based framework...

LifeSearch is the first commercial provider to offer a new mental health app, built by the NHS. This app was designed by by the NHS Walton Centre, a specialist neurological trust, and...

 Legal & General Group Protection has launched a new ‘bitesize’ webinar series designed to support businesses and their employees with workplace wellbeing.  The series —  called ‘School of Wellbeing’ — starts in...

LifeWorks has bought Netherlands-based mental health and wellbeing provider Ascender. The firm, which has 38 employees will be integrated into LifeWorks’ global operations and continue to operate in the Netherlands on a...

A new industry-wide organisation has been launched to champion neurodiversity within the insurance, investment and financial services industry.  Gain (Group for Autism, Insurance and Neurodiversity) seeks to create opportunities for autistic and...

Aceso Health & Group Risk and Mattioli Woods have become the latest members to join the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). The trade body says this follows Friarsgate, Voyager and UK...