Group Risk

More than a quarter of UK workers diagnosed with cancer felt let down by their employer, with 28 per cent of employees saying they either received no support whatsoever of the support...

Group life insurance has a specific challenge with the use of two trust vehicles to provide death benefits which purport to do the same thing. Group life insurance is a workplace benefit, paid...

The Health Insurance Group is rebranding to Towergate Health & Protection, following February 2019’s acquisition of the company by The Ardonagh Group. The Ardonagh Group already owned Towergate Health & Protection, and...

A report by Thomsons has found that 70 per cent of organisations surveyed have upskilled existing HR team members to develop people analytics teams, while 23 per cent have hired in external...

Nick Burns has been named CEO of Gallagher’s Employee Benefits Consulting Division, UK, replacing Tim Johnson who stepped down earlier this year. Burns has held numerous roles across the corporate intermediary sector,...

The Department of Work and Pensions has launched a new health in the workplace report, which contains a number of recommendations to reduce ill-health related job losses. The DWP says that despite...

Millennials are the generational group most likely to want to protection their income, according to new research from Canada Life.  It found that 28 per cent of employees aged between 18 and...

The number of searches for mental health related terms has increased dramatically over the past four years, according to new analysis from RedArc.  The assistance service says this shows there is an...

Group risk support services benefit both employers and employees, and while bosses and staff appreciate different characteristics of group risk products, both may value them as much as the insurance component, agreed...

As employers increase their focus on employee wellbeing and look for a return on their investment to achieve it, the importance of support services in group  risk products is arguably beginning to...