Unum's Andrew Potterton discusses the impact for SMEs following last year's changes to Statutory Sick Pay and how intermediaries can help manage the fallout of rising sickness absence costs.
Group life assurance is offered by 36% of employers a survey by Group Risk Development (GRiD) has found.
Friends Life has launched the first employer funded group cancer workplace benefit in the UK.
Chartered financial planner Patrick McIntosh from KMG will head for the South Pole to raise awareness of health issues and the importance of protection.
Group risk insurer Ellipse has made its first round of donations raised from its charity initiative ‘You quote, we donate'.
Aviva's group critical illness cover will now be able to access support following a claim due to the extension of a partnership with the RedArc Personal Nurse Adviser service.
Canada Life Group Insurance has made improvements to the ‘Canada Life Automated Self Service' administration system.
Unum has moved its group protection policy administration to Mastek's Elixir system to integrate with broker and customer platforms more easily.
Back, muscle and joint pains are being blamed on commuting by 19% of commuters, a study from Bupa has found.
VitalityLife, formerly known as PruProtect, is launching two income protection policies and a life cover policy which gives policyholders the opportunity to pay for care costs, to the UK market.