Group Risk

Unum is appointing Mark Till as head of its UK and Poland businesses, taking on the role of executive vice president and chief executive officer, Unum International, replacing Peter O'Donnell in the...

Virtual GP provider Medical Solutions is to rebrand its business as HealthHero, and will offer additional clinical and digital services. This will include mental health, musculoskeletal, counselling and other specialist clinical services,...

Pension consultancy Buck has bought the specialist communications firm Concert Consulting. The firm, which will now be known as Concert, is based in Bristol and specialises in developing communication strategies for both...

The coronavirus pandemic will have a lasting impact on the cost and design of employer-provided health benefits for years to come, according to new research. Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) says medical costs...

Whether furloughed, facing redundancy or working from home, Covid-19 has had a lasting effect on many employees’ financial health and wellbeing. Given the links between financial, physical and mental health, employers have a...

For the first time in recent years, the number of people planning to work beyond retirement has declined, with experts suggesting this could be one of the consequences of the ongoing coronavirus...

The global nature of the Covid-19 crisis is pushing global underwriting solutions further up the corporate agenda. There are a limited number of networks in the UK that offer global underwriting in the...

Whilst the pandemic put significant pressure on our NHS, it coped the best it could. Non-urgent non-COVID- 19-related services were deprioritised to ensure that healthcare resources were pointed at the greatest public...

One of the biggest challenges in selling insurance products is that they are effectively intangible. They promise that if something happens, at a later date, the insurer will be there to pay...

Women working overseas need to have more support from their employers on a range of health issues. Towergate Health & Protection has highlighted this issue and called for employers to do more...