Round table: Why protection is good for productivity
While the UK’s productivity gap is a mammoth problem, the range of tools the group risk industry brings to employers to help tackle it is wide and varied. The tools that insurers...
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Round table: Let’s reframe HR professionals as chief productivity officers
Arguably the biggest challenge facing the UK economy is the stagnation in productivity that has persisted since the 2008 financial crisis. Figures released last October by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
DWP shadow Abrahams ‘forced to step aside’
Debbie Abrahams has been forced to step aside from her role as shadow secretary of state for work and pensions pending an investigation by the Labour Party into claims she has been...
Gender benefits gap revealed on International Women’s Day
Women make up just 37 per cent of the 11 million people within the target group for auto-enrolment, despite making up 46 per cent of the workforce. This disparity is in part...
JLT buys Chartwell
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has bought SME broker Chartwell Healthcare to create a £200m premium PMI and group risk business. Chartwell is headquartered in Bristol and has 50 employees, specialises in private...
MetLife appoints new global benefits chief
MetLife has appointed its executive vice president James Reid as head of its global employee benefits (GEB) business. He is charged with expanding relationships with global EBCs and other financial organisations, as...
Lee Lovett: Simplification is the way forward
Following publication of the Government’s response to the consultation process on “Improving lives: The Future or Work, Health and Disability” the initial opinions and reactions seemed to suggest a fundamental difference of...
‘Group life assurance’ most hated group risk product name
Group risk products should be renamed to more engaging alternatives to make them more understandable and likely to be bought, research from Canada Life Group Insurance suggests. ‘Group life assurance’ has been...
Paul Avis: The Budget threat to group life as we know it
A consultation on the taxation of trusts could have massive implications for the tax breaks available on group life says Canada Life Group Insurance marketing director Paul Avis. The industry needs to...
Group risk business shut down at Holloway Friendly
Holloway Friendly is closing its Optimal group risk brand to new business with immediate effect, with clients being offered the option to transfer to Canada Life on at least equivalent terms. Optimal...
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