Group Protection

Legal & General has launched a new benefit, ‘Healthy Living', which will enable employers to see trends in their employees' health, as employees engage with it.

Protection specialist and former Associate Director of the ABI, Nick Kirwan has joined the executive team of the Income Protection Task Force.

The benefits of group risk products are severley restricted if payouts are not recieved in a timely manner. John Ritchie airs his concerns.

Productivity and motivation in the workplace have increased for 9 out of ten companies that introduced health benefits this year, Aviva has reported.

Ensuring the right diagnosis for a medical condition will be crucial for employee health and employer private medical insurance costs, Canada Life has said.

The majority of UK adults have no awareness of limited state support should they be unable to work through illness or disability, according to Zurich research.

Price has proven to be the bigger factor over benefits when selling cash plans, advisers have said.

Think-tank Demos has called on bosses to offer employees income protection (IP) schemes this Christmas to boost morale and productivity.

Young adults have classed themselves as financial dependants without insurance or savings, Bright Grey has reported.

Planning strategically for changes in group markets will be key for doing business next year, according to group risk provider Ellipse.