Group Risk

Steve Bridger, former managing director group protection at Aviva, has been named as managing director of Aviva's UK health business. Bridger has been with Aviva for 17 years and in his new role...

Neyber, the payroll lending provider, has been placed into administration and its book of business has been sold to its main rival Salary Finance, Corporate Adviser can reveal. Goldman Sachs-backed Neyber has...

Aon is set to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30bn, in a move that will create an $80bn consultancy giant. The deal values Aon at $50bn and Willis Towers Watson at $30bn....

More than half of employers say their staff want them to develop clear policies on sustainability and the environment, according to a new benefits survey. This has increased sharply over the past...

Widening inequalities in healthy life expectancy mean the majority of Britons will develop disabilities before state pension age that could leave them relying on working age benefits for support, a hard-hitting report...

Flexible working and work-life balance initiatives are the most popular ways to support employees’ emotional wellbeing according to research amongst HR decision makers undertaken on behalf of Group Risk Development (Grid). Of the 88...

The UK economy lost almost £92bn as a result of ill-health related absence and presenteeism in the workplace — a £10bn increase on a the previous year, according to new research. Data...

Every now and then, an opportunity comes along for our industry to show off what we can do. One such opportunity is coming along in April. Advisers should be embracing it if customers...

MetLife UK is launching a medical tele-underwriting service for its group risk products products in a partnership with Medicals Direct Group (MDG). The tele-underwriting service provides an alternative to traditional written health...

A third of employers are failing to offer support for the physical wellbeing of staff, according to new industry research from Group Risk Development (Grid).  The trade body pointed out such support...