Income Protection

Income Protection

Ellipse launches GIP offering

Ellipse has entered the group income protection (GIP) market with the launch of its InteractPlus product which includes an integrated absence management system.

clock 01 February 2012 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Mental health GIP claims see six year rise

Mental health claims are growing and now make up a third of all those received on group income protection (GIP) policies, according to Legal & General.

clock 30 January 2012 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Benefit claim 'collusion' hides positives of work

Businesses and government need to issue a "clear and consistent message from the top that work is good for you", the co-author of the Sickness Absence Review has said.

clock 25 January 2012 • 2 min read

Income Protection

Govt targets 500,000 fewer disability claims

The government is seeking to cut half a million people from the disability benefits list when the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is introduced.

clock 16 January 2012 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Majority of ESA medical reports 'seriously inaccurate'

Medical evidence used to decide claimants' eligibility for state benefits is frequently ‘seriously inaccurate', the Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) has revealed.

clock 12 January 2012 • 2 min read

Income Protection

Lords defeat Govt welfare reforms that 'rob the poor'

The government has suffered a significant setback in its welfare reform agenda after the House of Lords defeated three of the coalition's main proposals.

clock 12 January 2012 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Staff disaffected by poor absence management

Businesses risk alienating their staff by not offering a compassionate approach to absence management, new research has found.

clock 09 January 2012 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Stress absence crisis for women

Women are nearly three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, according to new research.

clock 21 December 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Fit notes need five years to take effect - CIPD

The fit note is failing to reduce employee sickness absence and may take five years to become fully integrated, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has revealed.

clock 14 December 2011 • 2 min read

Income Protection

Market views: Sexing-up IP

With take up of sales in income protection (IP) by advisers so low, reflecting in low consumer sales, what could be done to the product to make it more attractive to IFAs, apart from increased commission?

clock 06 December 2011 • 5 min read