Group Risk

Despite the pandemic, the UK sickness absence rate has fallen to 1.8 per cent in 2020, the lowest recorded level since the data time series began in 1995, according to figures from...

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought home to employers and employees the true value of group risk insurance, both in terms of the core insurance and associated health and wellbeing benefits. For many years...

Sponsored content Aviva’s research revealed that more employees are soldiering on when they’re unwell as they work from home during the pandemic.  Although there are competing definitions of presenteeism, it’s broadly accepted that...

Canada Life will now offers its WeCare virtual support package to all group income protection customers.  Canada Life has offered this service to its CLASS customers since November 2020. WeCare, which is...

Sponsored content The value of group protection hasn’t changed. The need for people to protect their life, their ability to earn an income and to keep a roof over their heads remains....

Traditionally group protection and its individually-advised counterpart have been worlds apart, with corporate plans having entirely different underwriting processes and pricing to retail cover. But as employers look to get ‘more for...

Almost half (44 per cent) of advisers believe resolving customer problems has become harder while home working, while just 12 per cent of insurers share that view, according to research from The...

Last week’s Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that Uber’s claimant drivers could be classed as ‘workers’, not self-employed, will translate into essential protections, in terms of more pay and job security, plus financial...

The influence and importance of ESG on investment markets seems to grow daily. This is unlikely to alter given the US is re-joining the Paris Climate Accord and Glasgow is hosting The...

The march of new technology is driving both innovation and disruption across many areas of the economy, but to date the workplace protection sector has remained largely insulated from these changes. Yet...