In theory, Covid-19 has made business focus on the basic needs of its people: salary, benefits, health and wellbeing. In practice, as our latest research shows, SME employers in particular might need...
The fear of ever-expanding regulation and the prospect of big bills for helping staff with financial matters has had a freezing impact on employers offering retirement guidance to their people. Punter Southall...
One of the most significant consequences of the Covid-crisis could be an epidemic of mental health problems, that is unlikely to be relieved by a vaccine in the near future. This was...
The outlook for the group risk and healthcare industries is buoyant for 2021, despite the ongoing challenges presented by the Covid pandemic. Delegates at Corporate Adviser’s Workplace Protection and Wellbeing Conference retained...
The Government’s response to the ‘Health is everyone’s business’ consultation paper is expected shortly, and should contain proposals to reform statutory sick pay according the Jennifer Heigham, head of delivery of the...
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. ...
