Income Protection

Doctors have branded fit notes a success in helping people return to work but believe it has not improved advice to patients and that more local services are needed to support returning to work.

MPs have launched an enquiry into the migration from Incapacity Benefits to Employment Support Allowance (ESA), including the Work Capability Assessment (WCA).

The government is aware a considerable expansion in the group income protection market (GIP) is one option for its review of the welfare and sickness absence system.

British workers are among the worst protected among their peers in the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and government incentives should address it, according to a new report.

My client has an individual IP policy, but his employer is offering group IP cheaper for the same level of cover, plus an employee assistance programme (EAP). It is unlikely he will work for the same employer for life and this policy has a continuation...

Wiltshire Friendly Society has announced high claims payments on income protection, with 97.6% of all claims paid.

Cancer sufferers awaiting chemotherapy and those between courses will now be treated the same as patients already receiving treatment when claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).

Employees do not understand the level of financial support they would be entitled to if they were unable to work due to sickness, new research has revealed.

An exception for employers offering group risk benefits has been included in Government plans to scrap the default retirement age (DRA).

Legal & General has altered its Income Protection Benefit medical evidence limits, in a bid to improve the application process for customers.