Group Protection

More than half(52%)of employers would be supportive of auto-enrolling employees into group risk protection products, latest research finds.

Ellipse has dropped its ‘actively at work' conditions in favour of a new set of terms that, it claims, will give employers, advisers and scheme members ‘greater certainty' of cover.

Confidence from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is now at a three-year high, and could lead to renewed opportunities for protection advisers, research has suggested.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that it expects the independent assessment service to be phased in gradually across the country from October 2014, with the service being available nationally by April 2015.

Group Risk Connect, the online adviser software to generate and administer group quote data, has improved its system's abilities and announced a new insurance partner.

One of the largest NHS contractors for pain management is to target the private health insurance (PMI) and protection sectors in the new year.

Best Doctors has renewed a contract with Canada Life, signing a new three year agreement, due to run to October 2016.

One in four people suffering from back pain have reported feeling depressed as a result of their condition, research has found.

An employment tribunal has ruled that stopping the payment of sickness absence benefit once an employee turns 55 is age discrimination.

Tech- adverse advisers and providers should ‘take note' that a third of Britons are more likely to engage with financial services using social media, Canada Life has said.