Group Risk

First Actuarial will open a new office in Birmingham next month — its seventh in the UK, amid ongoing demand for its pensions and employee benefits services.  The Birmingham office will be headed...

First Actuarial has partnered with Legal & General to offer a new employee benefits package for smaller employers. The package offers benefits including life assurance and income protection within the typical budget...

A major report has called on the government to offer more support to employees with health problems in order to help them stay in work — a major rethink on the current...

The shortlists have been unveiled across the 12 provider categories of the Corporate Adviser Awards 2025, starting the countdown to the big night of the year for the workplace benefits sector, which...

The Labour government has announced plans to change sick pay rules, to ensure the UK's lowest paid workers receive up to 80 per cent of their weekly salary from their first day...

L&G Group Protection has seen a 79 per cent increase in usage of its digital health services over the past year.  This figure — contained its third chief medical officer report —...

L&G Group Protection's platform, Onix, has seen significant growth with application volumes increasing by 92 per cent, renewals jumping by 99 per cent, and new group income protection business growing by 85...

Aon has appointed  Matt Duffy to the newly created role of chief commercial officer for global benefits. Based in the UK, Duffy will report to Aon’s head of global benefits, Michael Pedel,...

Group risk products now offer a range of added-value features that are increasingly being used by policyholders. Many are virtual healthcare services, initially introduced during the Covid lockdown, but now aimed at...

It has been another busy year for the group risk, health insurance and wellbeing sectors, particularly with renewed focus on productivity issues caused by long-term ill-health in the workplace. The new Labour...