Over 200 million working hours a year are lost to healthcare appointments, costing UK businesses an estimated £900 million in paid sick leave according to Unum. Research carried out by the insurer,...
How can master trusts help grow the group market? We know there are hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) that may be interested in protecting their workforce with a...
Group life policies and other pure protection arrangements are to be exempted from anti-money laundering obligations under proposals published by HMRC today. Both excepted and registered trusts are to be exempted from...
People with pre-existing medical conditions and disabilities will have improved access to protection insurance as a result of a collaboration between BIBA,Grid, insurers, protection insurance groups and brokers, charities and other stakeholders. The...
The glamour, the glory, the grandeur of the Oscars, the Baftas, the Brits. Industry awards are often compared to them, and with good reason. Comparisons can be drawn not just to the...
Absence due to sickness or injury is a massive drain on UK businesses. Over 130 million days are lost a year according to official figures. Some of that is down to short-term...
EBC and risk broker Sutton Winson has launched a home insurance proposition that can be incorporated into any benefits platform. The product, called HomeFlex, has been created specifically for the flex benefit...
Finch Insurance Brokers and Employee Benefits and Verlingue Limited, which was rebranding from ICB Group on 1st December 2019, have merged under the brand name of their French EBC and broking giant parent...
Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) have been developing at such a pace that one could be forgiven for assuming that their race has already been run. After all, according to Institute for Employment Studies...
Nine out of 10 manufacturing companies investing in staff health and wellbeing have seen a productivity increase, according to a new report. Manufacturing companies also saw improved workforce relations, a reduction in...
