Group Protection

Legal and General is considering shortening its early notification period to just 10 days for group income protection customers.

PPI controversy, opaque financial services and lack of trust in the industry are key barriers to widespread apathy about insurance protection, pensions and savings, Zurich has warned.

Zurich paid out nearly £14m in income protection claims, to 765 customers, in 2012.

Scottish Provident paid out 93% of all critical illness claims in 2012.

All Canada Life's group income protection clients will now have access to its rehabilitation and on site claims team, nearly doubling the amount of employees covered.

Are employee benefit communications with staff all 'gadrags and handbags', asks John Ritchie.

Mental health is now the biggest cause of claim in group risk markets. Katharine Moxham outlines the scale of the problem.

A rehabilitation case management firm has expanded its immediate medical assessment (IMA) service for insurers and solicitors to deliver benefits.

More than half of employers would be encouraged to offer group benefits if the government offered tax incentives, a survey has reported.

Personal Group has made changes to its Voluntary Group Income Protection (VGIP) plan, increasing the maximum benefit and improving its occupation definition to Own Occupation.