Group Risk

Group income protection is extending its reach into lower income groups within the workplace with more than half of workers covered now earning less than £40,000 a year, according to figures from...

Child-specific illnesses such as cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy are to be covered in Aviva’s group critical illness offering, a move the insurer is describing as a first for the...

NI incentives will help to boost group income protection, but improving employee awareness of the value of the benefit will be key says Broadstone risk and flexible benefits client relationship director Nick...

Changes to state benefit rules from April 2017 and 2018 mean group risk cover could be the most important employee benefit companies provide to staff says Canada Life Group Insurance marketing director...

The position of excepted group life policies (EGLP) and group income protection schemes have been thrown into question by a lack of clarity in the Finance Bill released last week. Experts say...

Income protection is a misnomer and the product should be rebranded to reflect the broader range of services it offers, say experts at the Corporate Adviser Healthcare and Group Risk Summit. Speaking...

A unified narrative that offers SMEs, micros and the Just About Managing tangible assistance is the best way for the benefits sector to influence Government’s shaping of the tax and regulatory framework....

The group income protection sector needs to do more to share its evidence base with government and the wider workplace health community if its views are to be given weight in formulating...

It is not every day that the Government tells the group risk industry that it likes what it does. Nor does it often ask how it can change things so more products...

Zurich is appointing Tulsi Naidu as CEO of its UK business, charged with driving the integration of its general insurance and life operations. Reporting to Gary Shaughnessy, CEO for Europe, Middle East...