Group Risk

Unum has enhanced its optical cover in response to a potential increase in eye problems as a result of the pandemic.  Prolonged remote working has led to increased screen time for almost...

More than six out of 10 people diagnosed with Covid-19 go on to experience long Covid symptoms, according to research from Canada Life. However the insurer found that the majority (93 per...

More women than men are aware of the limitations of state health and welfare support, but fewer actually fully engage with group protection benefits and services, according to research from Legal &...

The pandemic has brought about a step-change in the way they support the health and wellbeing of staff, say 73 per cent of employers, with 57 per cent believing the transformation is...

Invesco has harmonised employee benefits across 16 different European, Middle East and African countries by utilising new technology provided by Aon. Around 1,8000 Invesco employees will now use a single technology platform,...

More than one in five – 21 per cent - of smaller firms expect to lay off staff by September and 90 per cent of employers say their staff have approached them...

Individual protection sales suffered their first fall for seven years, with income protection down by nearly a tenth, as Covid-19 took its toll on the insurance industry, according to Swiss Re’s latest...

Many business areas have been decimated by Covid-19, but group risk certainly hasn’t been one of them. Indeed, if someone glancing at Swiss Re’s Group Watch 2021 was hypothetically unaware of the pandemic,...

With millions of employees working from home, and this practice likely to remain long after the pandemic is over, a new set of occupational health challenges are emerging. Adapting their approach and using...

There are nearly 3 million requests into GP practices for patient medical reports each year, requests submitted by insurers, third parties and government agencies. GP practices are busy, even more so at...