The Covid pandemic is likely to increase the cost of group income protection policies for employers due to rising cases of mental ill-health and potential problems with long covid. This was the...
Support services have become pretty much a hygiene factor within the UK protection industry, with the majority of providers now offering customers some form of additional service in the health and wellbeing...
In my last column I referenced the lack of transparency in the group risk market over claim statistics. New evidence demonstrates dramatically how poorly the UK group income protection sector compares to...
More than one in four employers say employees have left their workplace pension scheme as a result of the Covid pandemic. There are concerns that this could unroll some of the gains...
One in eight adults aged 55-plus are planning to delay their retirement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This research, conducted by YouGov for Smart shows the financial effects of this health crisis. ...
There has been a surge in demand for digital physiotherapy bookings since the start of lockdown according to employee benefits provider Unum. Unum says over 1,000 bookings have been made for this...
Perhaps the greatest risk to pension scheme trustees and members is the low rate future currently being carved out. It is odd to suddenly be talking about low rates when they’ve been...
There is a lot of talk about Big Data and its potential to make significant improvements in terms of both product design and engagement strategies, but few providers are offering this yet....
With dental and optical the top two benefits on healthcare cash plans, the closure of these services during lockdown presented a challenge to the sector. But, by being forced to find other ways...
The Covid crisis has underlined how important it is for employers, insurers and wellbeing providers to provide effective services to support employees’ mental health. In recent years campaigns run by charities such as...
