Group Risk

The firm - which was bought by AIG this summer - largely provides group life and income protection products to the SME market.  One of the key changes it has made is...

Four major digital trends are driving the employee benefits marketplace, leading to cost savings for employers and better employee engagement. A report by Maxis GBN - a joint venture between MetLife and...

The trade association Grid (Group Risk Development) aims to promote and enhance the take up and status of corporate group protection benefits on behalf of its members, which are UK insurers, advisers...

Grid works with government departments and regulators involved in legislation and regulation affecting group risk benefits, as well as other organisations involved in the benefits and financial protection arenas. Through a collective...

New figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show a significant rise in work-related stress among UK workers.  According to the HSE 15.4m working days were lost due to stress last...

Opperman has urged UK employers to invest in the health and wellbeing of their staff in a hard-hitting report ‘All Hands on Deck’, co-authored by employment lawyer Laura Farris, where he argues...

Alan Fergusson has launched a new employee benefits consultancy service, known as Beneficia. This consultancy aims to offer ‘in-house’ resources to employers, working with brokers and providers to deliver a range of...

Seven out of 10 employees says mental wellbeing isn’t taken seriously enough in the workplace. The poll - carried out by Health Shied, the cash plan provider - found a similar number...

When it comes to workplace wellbeing, it is telling that it’s a lot easier to talk about what isn’t working than what is. There is rarely much agreement within organisations as to...

Two out of three employee benefit consultants would like to see more protection products for those working in the gig economy. A survey, by MetLife, found more than half of EBCs said...