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Despite the pandemic, the UK sickness absence rate has fallen to 1.8 per cent in 2020, the lowest recorded level since the data time series began in 1995, according to figures from...

In March 2020, as independent hospitals made their capacity available to the NHS to fight Covid-19 and private treatment was postponed, the future of group medical insurance seemed very uncertain. But, while 2021...

The number of consumers with low financial resilience has soared from 10.7m to 14.2m during 2020 as the pandemic took its toll on UK households, a bleak report from the FCA has...

A big majority - 86 per cent of employers said they have prioritised employee communications as a result of the pandemic, with 71 per cent of employers now conducting research among their...

Canada Life is extending access to its WeCare virtual services offering to its group income protection customers, going live on 1st March. WeCare brings employees and their family members health, mental health...

Legal & General Insurance has named Dr Tarun Gupta as its new medical officer (MO) to provide medical opinion on complex group risk cases. Gupta is an NHS GP, clinical commissioner and...

Aproactive approach to managing absence can significantly reduce associated costs as well as the length of time employees are off work. But, while there are plenty of ways to provide this support,...

Paul Avis, one of the group risk sector's leading commentators and influencers, is leaving Canada Life Group Insurance after 11 years. Avis leaves Canada Life by mutual consent and will pursue new...

A sense of responsibility The conversations my team have had with employee benefits consultants and financial advisers in recent months reflect the very human vulnerability that living through a pandemic has made...