Group Risk

Healix International has launched a new online tool to help employers resume business travel safely in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.  This product is a layered risk assessment tool designed to...

Legal & General added three new support services to its group critical illness product. Members will now get access to a second medical opinion service, a nurse support service and a medical...

Babylon Health, the virtual GP service used by a number of health insurance providers, has admitted it has suffered a data breach.  The breach was identified after a user, who was a...

Business protection insurance is failing to make significant inroads into SMEs, leaving hundreds of thousands of firms exposed in the event that a key individual dies, data from the latest Term Watch...

The House of Lords has recognised the role that the group risk sector will play in helping employers adapt to a post-Covid environment.  In a debate Lord Hunt of Wirral commended the...

More than a third of employers do not provide financial support for staff diagnosed with a serious illness such as cancer. Group Risk Development (Grid), the industry body for the group risk...

Income protection provider PG Mutual has partnered with Medical Solutions to offer a virtual GP services to all its members. This will be available at not extra cost, and can be used...

Aviva has appointed Kathryn Stringer to the role of managing director of group protection, reporting to managing director, health and protection, Rob Barker. Stringer takes over from Steve Bridger, who was appointed...

More that one in three workers (35 per cent) have continued to work while unwell during lockdown according to a new research by Canada Life.  The survey found that almost half of...

Following Rishi Sunak’s first budget statement on 11 March 2020, the claim allowance was raised to £6 per week to cover household bills incurred while working remotely – effective from 6 April 2020....