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Healix International has launched a new online tool to help employers resume business travel safely in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.  This product is a layered risk assessment tool designed to...

Aon has warned pension schemes against over-reacting to short-term mortality data, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.  It warns schemes not to be unduly influenced by high short-term mortality data in he...

Legal & General added three new support services to its group critical illness product. Members will now get access to a second medical opinion service, a nurse support service and a medical...

Babylon Health, the virtual GP service used by a number of health insurance providers, has admitted it has suffered a data breach.  The breach was identified after a user, who was a...

SEI Master Trust - one of the first master trust providers in the UK - has joined the Origo Transfer Service.  This transfer service provides automated transfers of pensions, Isas and general...

Aegon has strengthened its workplace business team with the appoint of Max Gist as employee benefit consultant (EBC) account manager.  Gist joins from Scottish Widows. He will report to the EBC director...

The House of Lords has recognised the role that the group risk sector will play in helping employers adapt to a post-Covid environment.  In a debate Lord Hunt of Wirral commended the...

The number of Covid-19 scams is rising, with losses arising from these frauds now topping £5m. The latest figures from Action Fraud show that there have been over 2,000 cases reported since...

The Financial Conduct Authority will ban contingent charging on DB pension transfers in the vast majority of cases. This is the main plank of a part of a package of measures announced...

More than a third of employers do not provide financial support for staff diagnosed with a serious illness such as cancer. Group Risk Development (Grid), the industry body for the group risk...