Group Protection

Friends Life has introduced a new service to support Group Income Protection (GIP) members who have suffered from cancer and are ready to return to work or will need support to return to work in the future.

Legal & General has upgraded its group income protection Worklife Solutions package to help reduce the impact of absences with the addition of a new stress toolkit for line managers.

The UK unemployment rate fell 0.1% in the three months to July to 7.7%, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Group income protection (GIP) hasn't seen a rush as a result of auto-enrolment as yet, but with insurers continually innovating, it could soon be on everyone's radar. Fiona Murphy finds out how the market has performed over the past year and asks about...

Partial Payments are an added value, but comparison is not plain sailing. Alan Lakey explains.

Due to new methods of gathering data, it may be possible to predict future income protection claimants. Wilson Carswell explains.

An employment appeals tribunal (EAT) judge has outlined how employers could develop a strategy to accommodate employees with disabilities that interact with other illnesses.

Employers could be on the hook for death-in-service claims if an employee has been unfairly dismissed and subsequently dies, a court has ruled.

Ellipse has enhanced its online quotation system to provide flex and voluntary quotes for group life (lump sum) and critical illness cover.

Health & Case Management (HCML) has launched a case management service to cut workplace absence and reduced productivity costs caused by growing mental health problems.