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As many nations, particularly in the developed world, continue to battle with difficult economic conditions, a new wave of fast-growing economies is emerging. We have all heard of the Brics - Brazil,...

The income protection industry needs to do more to get its message across to employees and employers if the market is to grow further. That was the view expressed by delegates at...

The psychological contract between employers and employees and the way this translates into benefit provision is evolving. HR personnel and finance directors must balance managing or cutting costs in a tough environment...

The national TV advertising campaigns begun by Aviva and Unum in the final quarter of last year are already starting to increase consumers’ awareness of income protection, said delegates at last month’s...

Confusion over employment contracts, difficult HR consultants and misunderstandings as to what is covered are all holding back distribution of group income protection. That was the view of delegates at last month’s...

Attitudes to work have undergone a fundamental shift in recent decades. As employees have moved away from the notion of a job for life towards more transient careers, so employers have begun...

WHILE RDR continues to cast a long shadow over the future profitability of financial advice in the individual sector, it is hard not to see the corporate market as full of opportunity....

The news that the Frost/ Black review is pushing for changes to the tax treatment of services that improve employee health is welcomed by group risk professionals but when it comes to...

With budgets for group risk and business protection being so tight, any kind of low-cost health related benefit that offers a high perceived value deserves due consideration. Group personal accident cover certainly...

With less than one year to go until the first wave of employers must meet auto-enrolment deadlines, more than 100 companies are already in the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) pipeline.Ministers have...