Group Risk

Legal & General has confirmed it paid out £292m in group protection claims in 2018.  These latest figures show that mental health issues continue to be the main reason for group income...

The group risk industry paid out a new high of £1.68bn in claims in 2018, a £64.5m increase on 2017, and helped 5,595 people back to work after a period of sick...

Legal & General has renewed its partnership with Health Assured to provide an enhanced employee assistance programme.  This new offering will be available on all L&G’s group income protection policies. Those covered...

Angela Darlington, currently Aviva’s group chief risk officer, will become interim CEO of UK Insurance, having been with the company since 2001 in roles including chief risk officer. Briggs’ departure comes as...

Cash plan provider Health Shield has joined the industry body Group Risk Development (Grid).  The friendly society said this to help increase industry collaboration and ensure that sufficient consideration is given to...

Understaffing is one of the major causes of stress in the workplace, according to new research from MetLife UK. Their study found that more than half (52 per cent) of employees said...

The number of people covered by corporate group risk policies increased by 3.3 per cent in 2018 - or almost half a million people -  according to the latest sector report by...

People’s personal happiness and wellbeing continues to remain flat, despite rising economic prosperity, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.  Its latest personal and economic well-being index —...

Why is LifeSearch doing more in the group risk space? Our advisers told us they would like to do more business protection. Initially the route to market was small business owners receiving...

Stephen Hackett, the former head of health and risk at Aon, has just taken the role of head of corporate benefits at technology and benefits firm Benefex. Hackett leaves his most recent...